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3 | ->''"Things are there. Why manipulate them?"'' |
4 | -->-- '''Roberto Rossellini''' |
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6 | Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian director and screenwriter. |
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8 | He is known today for two things. First, for being ThePioneer of ItalianNeorealism, shooting on location with non-professional actors, averting "movie-ness" and getting close to the truth in films like ''Rome, Open City'' and ''Paisan''. Secondly, for being "that guy who Creator/IngridBergman gave up her first marriage and Hollywood career for", due to an on-set extramarital affair that led to both parties divorcing their spouses and marrying each other, which in turn created a scandal that was denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate, gave Rossellini a lurid reputation, and was later regarded by her admirers as Bergman's biggest shame (though not by her). Creator/IsabellaRossellini is his and Bergman's daughter. |
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10 | Some film historians acknowledge the social importance of his short film, ''The Miracle'' which had an ironic look at Catholic themes that became controversial in America and led to a landmark court ruling that declared film as an artform and so under the protection of the First Amendment, severely eroding censorship. |
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12 | But what about the films themselves? As Creator/MartinScorsese, his former son-in-law (via marriage to Isabella Rossellini), noted, Rossellini was a director who was always one step ahead and hated repeating himself. His films inspired the UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave and Creator/FrancoisTruffaut called him, [[MyRealDaddy "The father of the New Wave"]], the man who inspired film-makers to make their dreams a reality and go out there and make movies. He was also a pioneer, adopting all kinds of new technologies including a modified zoom which he controlled by remote. He made documentaries in India, biopics on historical figures for television and was a restless man with boundless energy and a world of ideas. |
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14 | Luckily, he's found a home in Creator/TheCriterionCollection, who are releasing many of his best films on DVD and Blu-ray for new audiences. |
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18 | !! Selected Filmography |
19 | [[index]] |
20 | * ''Film/RomeOpenCity'' (1945) - one of the Main/TropeMakers for Main/ItalianNeorealism |
21 | * ''Film/{{Paisan}}'' (1946) |
22 | * ''Film/GermanyYearZero'' (1948) |
23 | * ''L'Amore'' (1948) - anthology of two short films starring Anna Magnani; the second short is the famous ''The Miracle''. |
24 | * ''Film/{{Stromboli}}'' (1950) - first film with Creator/IngridBergman |
25 | * ''Film/TheFlowersOfSaintFrancis'' (1950) |
26 | * ''Film/{{Europe 51}}'' (1952) - with Ingrid Bergman |
27 | * ''Film/JourneyToItaly'' (1954) - with Ingrid Bergman |
28 | * ''Fear'' (1954) |
29 | * ''India: Matri Bhumi'' (1959) |
30 | * ''Film/GeneralDellaRovere'' (1959) - with Creator/VittorioDeSica |
31 | * ''Viva L'Italia'' (1961) - {{biopic}} of Giuseppe Garibaldi |
32 | * ''Film/TheTakingOfPowerByLouisXIV'' (1966) |
33 | * ''Socrates'' (1971) |
34 | * ''Blaise Pascal'' (1972) |
35 | * ''The Age of the Medici'' (1972-1973) |
36 | * ''Cartesius'' (1974) - biopic of Rene Descartes |
37 | [[/index]] |
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39 | !! Tropes: |
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41 | * Main/TropeMakers: He was the primary one for ItalianNeorealism. |
42 | * TheMuse: Creator/IngridBergman in 1950-1954. |
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