Cine italiano a la luz del neorrealismo

Assignments for next week are as follows:

You must prepare the readings I have assigned you to present in class. Girls (Bondanella; La Strada: Cinema of Poetry and the Road Beyond Neorealism pg. 43-65) Boys (Millicent Marcus: Fellini´s La Strada: Transcending Neorealism).

The other two readings The Road Beyond Neorealism and Reality Fantasy and Fellini must also be read before class. You must outline all the sections you find interesting or difficult. We will discuss the texts next week.

Please arrive on time (10AM Sharp) as we will need 2 hours to discuss Fellini and use the last hour to do the second exam.

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For April 27th you must re-read Brook´s The Melodramatic Imagination. You must mark where the author mentions the following:

• moral occult
• melodramatic imagination
• moral imagination
• moral manicheism
• melodrama of manners

You must also read Viconti´s text Cine antropomórfico and write what you believe the authour means by cine antropomórfico. (pg 193-195)

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The readings assigned for next week can be found under the folder titled April 20th. There is no homework other than to read both texts: The Melodramatic Imagination (Peter Brooks) and Rocco and his brothers (Sense of Cinema).

We will work on both texts during class next week so it is very important that you do a thorough reading.

If you did not come to class (or if you arrived late or left early) you must watch Rocco and his Brothers, Luchino Visconti, 1960 (available in the library) for next week.

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I have assigned two readings for the following week(s). Andre Bazin’s Bicycle Thief and Millicent Marcus´s De Sica’s Bicycle Thief: Casting Shadows on the visionary city.

For Bazin’s text I would like you to write down 10 key points the author discusses and a set of 5 questions. These questions can either address issues that are left unresolved or questions that provide answers that can help us understand the author´s intentions.

Based onCasting Shadows on the visionary city, please answer the following questions.

1. According to Marcus, how can “historical circumstances” dictate a “technical style”?
2. What do you think Millicent Marcus means by “deceptive simplicity” when referring to De Sica´s and Zavattini´s Bicycle Thief?
3. Is there a moment in BT where we can sense a criticism to Hollywood films?
4. In your own words, please explain what the dent in the bicycle symbolizes.
5. How does the film mediate the relationship between father and son, the individual and the city, and the individual and the social institutions?
6. What do you think the author means by titling his chapter “Casting Shadows on a Visionary City”?

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Please read the text “Discurso sobre la realidad” (Ángel Quintana) for Feb. 17th. We have a guest professor coming to class to discuss the ways in which “reality” has been represented in art. The text will give you further insights on the discussion.

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Last class I assigned each of you to work on an excerpt from Andre Bazin´s text An Aesthetic of Reality. You must prepare the text assigned and socialize it during class. We will watch a movie so make sure you arrive to class on time.
Readings for Friday February 10th are already up. That day you will have to hand in the following homework:
Based on P. Adams Sitney – Iconography, stylistics and politics (Vital Crises – Introduction).

1. What do you think the author is trying to do in the first few pages of this Introduction?

2. When discussing the films he analyzes in this book, what does he say about the reasons that interest him about such films?

3. According to the P. Adams Sitney, Neorealism has two different stages in its movement. Please describe which they are and how they differ from each other.

Based on Millicent Marcus text on Rome Open City:
1. According to Marcus, what circumstances shaped the aesthetics of Rosellini´s Open City?

2. How did he react towards the challenges and adversities of shooting a film in post war Italy?

3. Name all the characters you can remember from the movie.

4. Choose three characters to write about.

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