| Rome Open City 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Forgacs, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0851708048 ISBN-13: 9780851708041 Publisher: British Film Institute OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Otto Preminger said the history of the cinema was divided into two eras: one before and one after "Rome Open City," Made in 1945, the film is based on events that took place in Rome just one year before, during the Nazi occupation and the resistance. It made a huge impact on its release, launched the international reputation of its director, Roberto Rossellini, and came to be seen as the founding work of Italian neorealism. In this original study, David Forgacs re-examines the film and its place in Rossellini's career. He reconstructs its production history, its relationship to the events that inspired it and the time in which it was made. He argues that the film has great value as a commemoration and a documentary record even as it rhetorically reshapes events, people and places into patriotic myth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Film - Reference |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| LCCN: 2001369108 |
| Series: BFI Film Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.33" W x 7.55" (0.34 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines Rome Open City and its place in Roberto Rossellini's career. The film is based on events that took place in Nazi occupied Italy 1944, one year before the film was made. The author argues that the film has value both as a commerorative piece and as a documentary record. |