Assignment

List of movies:

_Cabiria (1913) by Director Giovanni Pastrone
_The Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Director Vittorio De Sica
_Open City (1945) by Director Roberto Rossellini
_Rocco and his Brothers (1960) by Director Luchino Visconti
_Miracle in Milan (1951) by Director Vittorio de Sica
_La strada (1954) by Director Federico Fellini
_La dolce vita (1960) by Director Federico Fellini
_L'Avventura (1960) by Director Michelangelo Antonioni

Assignment direction:

_Type double space and report the questions before each of the answers.
_Each response MUST NOT count more than 500 words, no matter how much you want to say.
_Organize and distribute the wealth of your knowledge among the various responses.

Questions:

1) Using the suggested method for writing a movie review  write a 500 words (not one more) of one of the movies that we watched thus far. The movie you choose must not be the one that you have already examined in your past reviews. (>>Pick and write about a movie from the list above, except The Bicycle Thieves)

2) Based also on the readings, give a short description of the major features of Neorealism and Modernism. No more than 500 words.

3) Analyze one filmmaker of your choice, among those that we have mentioned during the course. You are encouraged to include other movies by the same director in your analysis. No more than 500 word. (>>Pick and analyze a director and their film from the list above)

4) Elaborate on the symbolism of the dead Pina in the arms of Don Pietro, in Open City. No more than 500 word. (>>this question is only about Open City, also attached file)

5) Comment on the refiguration of women in the movies that we saw so far. No more than 500 word.

6) The political discourse in the movies that we saw so far, both explicit and implicit. No more than 500 word.

Comment on particular filmic techniques that you noticed in the movies that we watched.