Mark Shiel is the author of “Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City.” In this 2009 video essay, he discusses Roberto Rossellini’s depiction of the urban settings in Rome Open City, Paisan and Germany Year Zero.
Mark Shiel
Self
Roberto Rossellini
Self (archive footage)
Aldo Fabrizi
(archive footage)
Anna Magnani
Vito Annichiarico
Francesco Grandjacquet
Dots Johnson
Alfonsino Pasca
Edmund Moeschke
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