Line #36 Creator/RobertoRossellini


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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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