Film Studies 1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Italian Neorealism, Telefoni Bianchi, Marxist Humanism

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1022
• Professor: Barbara Bruce

Document Summary

Film style: the repeated and salient uses of film techniques characteristic of a single film or a group of films. Faithfull to the integrity to the world we know. Expressive of the processes of the imagination. Able to penetrate into the private mental world. Oz sequences are subjective, kansas scenes are objective. The relation between the two are a continuum. Realism: close resemblance to what is real; fidelity of representation, rendering the precise details of the real thing or scene. Regardless how realist a film may be, realism is always a constructed style. Is relative to culture, period and differences among peoples. Physiological realism: when characters behave in a way that makes sense to us. During mousseline"s fascism white telephone films" were created. Called this because they included a white telephone, became symbolic of the character"s elite status. Critics thought these films were artificial and decedent. Weren"t reflected of the reality of italy. Critics wants a new style of film.