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Italian Cinema

FATE ADESSO

"When we think of the film industry, what is the first thing that comes to mind?"

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Obbietivo Understand Italian Cinema by observing

Film research on directors and films

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Outline Introduction Part I. History of Italian Cinema Part II. Actors and directors Part III. Giuseppe Tornatore Conclusion References

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Introduction Like many countries, Italy suffers from American

dominant position Italy, however, has an original and independent

cinema Homeland of one of the most important

movement in the artistic history of cinema: Neorealism

Many actors and directors of Italian origin have succeeded in Hollywood

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Sergio Leone

Once Upon a time in America

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Part I. History of Italian Cinema 1899 First projection in Roma, by Luigi Topi 1918 Crisis of Italian cinema 1930 the first Italian sound film was made, called "La

canzone dell'amore ("The Song of Love") The first important postwar film movement came from

Italy, and was called Neorealism Committed to rendering social actuality as art Worldwide acclaim, but controversial within Italy for its

critical views of contemporary society

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Part II. Actors and directors

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a. Actors Italian actors Roberto Benigni, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroiani, Monica Bellucci,

Sophia Loren, Isabella Rossellini, Ornella Muti, Italian-American actors Téa Leoni, John Travolta, Frank Sinatra,

Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Nicolas Cage, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Henry Fonda

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b. Directors

Roberto Rossellini, Roma, città aperta (1945) (Rome, Open City, 1945)

Vittorio De Sica Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief, 1948 and Umberto D. (1952)

Luchino Visconti made what is often considered the first neorealist film, Ossessione (Obsession, 1942)

Federico Fellini made Dolce vita, La (1960) Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Emperor, The (1987),

Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) Sergio Leone, Ben-Hur (1959) (second unit director), Once

Upon a Time in America (1984)

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Part III. Giuseppe Tornatore

Tornatore, born in 1956, in Sicily, Italian director.

Movies: Malèna (2000), Leggenda

del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998), Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

Classroom Attivita’ As a group, search for the following actors assigned to each

group and discuss a popular movie they were in and how they are significant to Italian Cinema:

Group 1: Claudia Cardinale / Roberto Benigni Group 2: Marcello Mastroianni / Monica Bellucci Group 3: Sofia Loren / Isabella Rosselini Group 4: Giancarlo Giannini / Ornella Muti Group 5:Federico Fellini / Anna Magnani Group 6: Vittorio De Sica / Gina Lollobrigida

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Exit Slip Discuss how today's lesson could be used

in the real world, based on researching film history information.

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Conclusion La Vita è bella, ranked 58 on the best loved movies

of all time American cinema is clearly the leading cinema, but

Italy is one of the few countries still having an independent cinema industry

Some directors like Benigni and Tornatore have earned worldwide acclaim

Italy has one of the most important international festival: la Mostra, in Venice