Take the camera to the street

Billie 2022-12-28 15:52:44

6.9 "Bringing the camera to the street" might sound like a no-brainer, but one can probably realize where it came from. Documentary images have existed for a long time, but the development of images is closer to the appendage of drama or literature. Here is another possibility: a Nazi major overlooking Rome from his office, likes the way the citizens are photographed unsuspecting, so the image equals power. In essence, "Rome, Undefended City" uses one image to oppose another—that of surveillance, of control, of unequal power, of setting, of stage, of quality cinema. of.

If you look at it from the perspective of this era, you will be bored because of its ordinaryness. Yes, it has the so-called "historical significance of film". Another advantage must also be based on the era in which it appeared, which also releases positive energy. It does not take the surrender of the Nazis as the end of the story, but the children leave after confirming that the priest is dead, even though it is 1945. October. The meaning of the struggle is the struggle itself, not the final result. Here we know that neorealism is still accompanied by such a religious connotation that we usually need to believe in the existence of the Supreme by confirming miracles and karma, and the miracle here is the process itself. Pina was killed outright, Manfetti was arrested without any suspense, executed, sacrificed, nothing happened, but the priest was the audience for all this, although it was more preachy, but it was true, as long as you walk in On the way to God, what if you believe in God?

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Rome, Open City quotes

  • Major Bergman: Then I'll tell you who he is. He's subversive, he's fought with the Reds in Spain. His life is dedicated to fighting society, religion. He is an atheist... your enemy...

    Don Pietro: I am a Catholic priest. I believe that those who fight for justice and truth walk in the path of God and the paths of God are infinite

  • Major Bergman: I've a man who must talk before dawn and a priest who is praying for him. He'll talk

    Hartman: And if not?

    Major Bergman: Ridiculous.

    Hartman: And if not?

    Major Bergman: Then it would mean an Italian is worth as much as a German. It would mean there is no difference in the blood of a slave race and a master race. And no reason for this war.