Ricci's View Of Italian Neorealism

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Italian neorealism is a style of filming in Italy after World War II, created by a concern for social issues and often shot on location with unexperienced actors. Truth a very important opinion of Italian neorealism because truth makes a film realistic. This can be seen through the truth of the characters, lighting, location, decoration, and camera angles and editing. The storyline being as simple as the search for a bicycle. Likewise, the actual characters in the film are everyday normal people. The character of Ricci was found in the factory and never been an actor before. the locations and decoration are real and not built-up or made-up. The use of relaxed speech, not fictional dialogue made it more realistic as well. Ricci walks the city

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