Neo-realism

Essay # 11109

Film > History of

Neo-realism

A study of Neo-realism and Hollywood and their different approaches to filmmaking.

1,541 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2000 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper defines Neo-realism as an aesthetic movement that created a group of films in Italy, after the war, between 1945 and 1955. The paper explores how Neo-realism evolved, its principles, techniques, style and how it differentiates from today's Hollywood style filmmaking.

From the Paper:

"Lights, Camera, Action? Neo-realism, along with the glitz & glamour of Hollywood, approaches filmmaking in many different ways. Neo-realism first appeared in the early 1940s in the writings of Italian critics. From one perspective, the term represented a younger generations desire to break free of the conventions of ordinary Italian cinema. Neo-realism refers to an aesthetic movement that created a group of films in Italy, after the post war, between 1945 and 1955. Economic, political, and cultural factors helped neo-realism survive. Major neo-realists such as Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti came to the movement as experienced filmmakers."