The penumbra of neorealism

Roger Hillman

doi:10.1093/fmls/38.2.221

The penumbra of neorealism

Roger Hillman^*

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Abstract

Melodrama and politics converged in Neorealism, and via melodrama the influence of the movement extended far beyond debates about a more documentary brand of cinematic realism. A comparable convergence held for opera, and in particular for Verdi, a flexible icon of identity politics, whose direct application to the actuality of postwar Italian history was contested by Bertolucci, for one. This article explores Neorealism and opera as identity issues in postwar Italian Cinema, tracing stages of their interrelationship from Roma cittá aperta via Bertolucci through to La notte di San Lorenzo.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	221-233
Number of pages	13
Journal	Forum for Modern Language Studies
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/38.2.221
Publication status	Published - Apr 2002

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