ITALIAN CINEMA

FINAL EXAM
1. Which cinematic technological improvement is Giovanni Pastrone responsible for?
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2. Explain why “What Rascals Man Are!” (Gliuomini, chemascalzoni!ndr.)is an example of Mario Camerini’s critique on the rapport between individuals and society.
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3. Write three features which characterize Neorealism movies.
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4. Describing Roberto Rossellini’s “Open city” (Roma città aperta ndr.) Peter Bondanella says it “revolves around Rosselini’s shifting perspective from comic to tragic tone”. Explain that affirmation and give at least one example.
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5. How can we define Federico Fellini’s “La strada”? Why?
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6. How does Pietro Germi recreate the “oppressive and repressive atmosphere of a small Sicilian village” in “Divorce Italian Style”? Give at least one example.
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7. What does the expression “Spaghetti western” refer to?
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8. Why does Lina Wertmüller use the Italian national anthem in “The Seduction of Mimì” (Mimìmetallurgicoferitonell’onorendr)?
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9.How does Franco Brusati’s “Bread and chocolate” (Pane e cioccolatandr) allude to Italian social problems?
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10. How does Emanuele Crialese alternate extremely realistic sets with surrealistic moments?
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