Life As It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy (2007)

An interview with Mark Shiel conducted by Johanna Schiller

[@francescahamilton6856]

Wonderful. Sooo informative. Such a detailed, simple account of the movement. Cear and spot on. I've learnt so much. Thanku very much.

[@francescahamilton6856]

Clear & spot on. Correction.

[@cemgocmen3635]

One of the best accounts of Italian neorealism, probably the best. Frankly, I did not know about the turnaround in 1948, see at 28:49, quite disconcerting though.

[@filipplecevic1374]

1930s Benito Mussolini invested heavily in cinema as he thought of it as a forefront and a medium in between government intervention and society. He was hoping it would serve as a tool of influence over his people's ideology.

[@jnagarya519]

It was propaganda.

[@randywhite3947]

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