What Makes Italian Neorealism A Cinematic Movement?

1)“the river flows effortlessly from its source to its mouth without further deepening of its bed”
The river, is the language filmmakers added to films during that period. It helped in making the audience understand the movies smoother than they used to do during the period of silent movies. Silent movies bored people and they usually busied themselves in trying to understand the movie instead of paying attention to the techniques and styles used in it. This eased things on the directors; because they didn’t have to put an effort when directing movies like they used to do in the past.

2)One important feature that makes Italian neorealism a cinematic movement is that the movies were usually shot on location, not in studios, which is due to the damage the war caused to the studios. Also, poverty, economic and social conditions were the main themes of the movies during this era, because people were always concerned with them, especially after the war. directors tented to apply normal people to act, as they believed that this is the best way to reflect the real-life. the actors that are chosen are non- professional, because directors believed that non- professional actors have realness in them. …show more content…
4) what makes “citizen Kane” different from “Rome, open city” is that many techniques were used in it ( montage, mise en scene…), it also was very professionally directed and shot in a studio, employing professional actors and cameras. Despite the difference, the two movies had many things in common, for instance,They both were reflecting the real-life people were