Federico García Lorca

yelled at as the walk down the street, or be photographed as they are eating dinner with their family and friends. The definitely did not sign up to have their privacy stripped from them. The word “paparazzi” dates all the way back to the 1960’s. Federico Fellini named one of his characters Paparazzo, who was a celebrity…

The two post World War Two movements that affected the development of film narrative and style were neorealism and the new wave. Neorealism was not as original as historians once thought, but it did create a distinct approach to fictional filmmaking that had an enormous influence on cinema in other countries (FH 330). One of the most vivid Italian films to represent postwar suffering was Vittorio De Sica’s Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) in 1948. This story is of a worker whose…

Rosellini’s Portrayal of Marina as Everywoman, Ingrid As A Wicked Temptress, In Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini’s neorealist film, Rome Open City, is reflective of the turbulent climate in Italy during Nazi and Fascist occupation in World War II. His use of costuming, body language, and mirror shots give rise to a tongue-in-cheek reflection at all the difficult moral and economic sacrifices people had to make during the war. Rossellini not only makes Marina and Ingrid, but also his audience…

Have you ever wondered what makes a film so successful? Or what sets a film aside, allows it to stand out from the rest? How can one film connect to many people around the world and appeal to their emotions in an immense way. With the use of the Italian Neo-Realism films did just that. This movement allowed filmmakers to represent life as it is lived by the people. Normal people were given to chance to watch real world problems on the big screen. The movement Italian Neo-Realism was born at the…

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis directed by Vittorio De Sica tells the story of the Finzi-Contini, a wealthy, Jewish, and aristocratic family, in fascist Ferrara Italy through the eyes of Georgo, a upper middle class jew. The Finzi-Contini’s represent an older aristocratic European tradition that was dying after World War 1 leading them to ignore the dangerous realities, and the restrictions placed on their lives by the fascist italian state. They are so oblivious to the danger that they do not…

For a postwar Italian society, reconciliation with their wartime atrocities required the reconstruction of collective memory. Popular media, such as films and songs, were essential in accomplishing this seemingly gargantuan task. At the heart of Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City, for example, is the active reconstruction of memory. As a work of fiction, Rome Open City honors the resistance against the Nazi occupation of Rome. Yet, as a work which provides insight into the emotional landscape…

I believe that Blasetti’s historical epic, 1860, is meant to evoke patriotic sentiments in the audience and draw attention to the duty that every citizen has to the state. I think that although the film is not overtly fascist, that it has a lot of fascist themes and undertones that allow it to be qualified as a fascist film. I think that the choice of a lowly shepherd from Sicily as the main character suggests that Blasetti wanted to appeal to the everyday man and women. As far as instilling…

I woke up this morning to the sound of my phone going off. I checked the snapchat that had caused this and told that person that their outfit was absolutely adorable. After I got ready for the day, I walked downstairs to talk to my mom. “You look nice today,” is the first thing she says. I mumbled a response that is barely heard. My day is basically the blur of school that I have gone through for years. I hear students in the halls telling others that the look nice or they like what someone did…

Magic is the belief in supernaturalism, the belief that there is something beyond the ordinary. Magic is often portrayed as power and knowledge, and thus awarded to those who are worthy. In “The Cliff” by Charles Baxter, magic is portrayed as tradition. In the short story, a young boy and an old man, not distinguishable by name, drive to an unidentified spot along the coastline of California where the old man would teach the boy magic. More specifically, how to fly. Flying would give the boy a…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez,one of the best Latin American writers of our generation and with a unique written style. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known as the writer of the magical realism. Consequently, his magical realism can be found in his short stories that reflect situations related with our current humanity. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the most important writers in our period, who was characterized by writing about a magical realism in our epoch. As a result, his unique style can be…