Italian Cinema - Elmwood Park Memorial High School

Italian Cinema
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FATE ADESSO
"When we think of the film industry, what is
the first thing that comes to mind?"
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Obbietivo
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Understand Italian Cinema by observing
Film research on directors and films
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Outline
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Introduction
Part I. History of Italian Cinema
Part II. Actors and directors
Part III. Giuseppe Tornatore
Conclusion
References
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Introduction
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Like many countries, Italy suffers from American
dominant position
Italy, however, has an original and independent
cinema
Homeland of one of the most important
movement in the artistic history of cinema:
Neorealism
Many actors and directors of Italian origin have
succeeded in Hollywood
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Sergio
Leone
Once Upon
a time in
America
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Part I. History of Italian Cinema
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1899 First projection in Roma, by Luigi Topi
1930 the first Italian sound film was made, called "La
canzone dell'amore ("The Song of Love")
The first important postwar film movement came from
Italy, and was called Neorealism
Committed to rendering social actuality as art
Worldwide acclaim, but controversial within Italy for its
critical views of contemporary society
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Part II. Actors and directors
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a. Actors
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Italian actors
Roberto Benigni, Claudia Cardinale,
Marcello Mastroiani, Monica Bellucci, Sophia
Loren, Isabella Rossellini, Ornella Muti,
Italian-American actors
Téa Leoni, John Travolta, Frank Sinatra, Al
Pacino, Marlon Brando, Nicolas Cage, Robert De
Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Henry Fonda
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b. Directors
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Roberto Rossellini, Roma, città aperta (1945) (Rome, Open
City, 1945)
Vittorio De Sica Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief, 1948
and Umberto D. (1952)
Luchino Visconti made what is often considered the first
neorealist film, Ossessione (Obsession, 1942)
Federico Fellini made Dolce vita, La (1960)
Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Emperor, The (1987), Ultimo tango
a Parigi (1972)
Sergio Leone, Ben-Hur (1959) (second unit director), Once
Upon a Time in America (1984)
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Part III. Giuseppe Tornatore
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Tornatore, born in 1956, in
Sicily, Italian director.
Movies:
 Malèna (2000), Leggenda
del pianista sull'oceano,
La (1998), Nuovo cinema
Paradiso (1988)
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Classroom Attivita’
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As a group, search for the following actors assigned
to each group and discuss a popular movie they were
in and how they are significant to Italian Cinema:
Group 1: Claudia Cardinale / Roberto Benigni
Group 2: Marcello Mastroianni / Monica Bellucci
Group 3: Sofia Loren / Isabella Rosselini
Group 4: Giancarlo Giannini / Ornella Muti
Group 5:Federico Fellini / Anna Magnani
Group 6: Vittorio De Sica / Gina Lollobrigida
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Conclusion
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La Vita è bella, ranked 58 on the best loved movies
of all time
American cinema is clearly the leading cinema, but
Italy is one of the few countries still having an
independent cinema industry
Some directors like Benigni and Tornatore have
earned worldwide acclaim
Italy has one of the most important international
festival: la Mostra, in Venice
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Exit Slip
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Discuss how today's lesson could be used
in the real world, based on researching film
history information.
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