#film #videoessay #neorealism After the Second World War a new cinematic movement swept across Italy, focussing on the hardships the country faced after the war Italian Neorealism changed the way films were made not only in Italy, but eventually spread across the world. But what is Italian Neorealism? What are its key features? What are the key films within the movement? And what impact did it have on world cinema? -----------------------------------------------------------------Timestamps-------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Bicycle Thieves (1948) 01:29 - Mussolini 03:38 - WW2 05:03 - Post War 06:03 - Rome, Open City (1945) 08:11 - La Terra Trema (1948) 10:07 - Impact of the 'real'