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By James H (4,675) on 13 Feb 2007

Classic italian neo realist film. a very gripping and hard hitting story about life in rome during world war 2…

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By Michael C (2,821) on 16 Oct 2006

That's how Italian neorealism started! The movie was shot in 1945, in Italy…

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By Emilie : (31) on 13 Oct 2006

Probablement mon film néoréaliste préféré. Brutal, mais joué de façon splendide. Anna Magnani y est... magnanime…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 26 Sep 2006

The true realism comes from within the film and from the sense of artists banded together to make something because they had something to say…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Jul 2006

Announcing the arrival of a new, revolutionary paradigm, Italian neorealism, Rossellini's masterpiece shows the tension between his realistic…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 08 Jun 2006

Tthe lasting impact of Rossellini's work is incalculable…

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By Jarett B (233) on 07 Jun 2006

Italian realist cinema - the bleakest film ever made…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Jan 2006

Much is devastating -- but Rossellini found room, too, for the humour and warmth of everyday life…

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By Steven D. Greydanus (674) for Decent Films Guide (519) on 08 Jul 2004

Stunned audiences the world over recognized in it an unmediated authenticity more evocative of the documentary quality of wartime newsreels…

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By Richard Luck (100) for Film4 (1,522) on 11 Nov 2003

A true classic of Italian cinema, Rossellini's confrontational film breaks new ground with the same ease that it shatters hearts…

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By Bosley Crowther (448) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003

The total effect of the picture is a sense of real experience, achieved as much by the performance as by the writing and direction…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 20 Aug 2001

The rough cinéma vérité appearance achieved in Open City, with its natural lighting and uneven film stock, was more due to economic and…

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By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000

Its realistic treatment of everyday Italian life heralded the postwar renaissance of the Italian cinema and the development of neorealism;…

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