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Rome, Open City Reviews

  • Allan 2022-11-19 15:48:09

    Post-war Italian Neorealism - Documentary + Drama + Authenticity + Artistry

    1. Status The appearance of Rossellini's 1945 "Rome, the Undefended City" marked the final formation of all the characteristics of Italian neorealist cinema. 2. Themes, characters, structures, concepts The film shows the real social environment, highlighting the real protagonists in that...

  • Lane 2022-11-19 10:29:58

    It's more about seeing personality

    Due to the busy schedule, the movie recommended by a professor took 3 nights to finish watching it.   I have an indescribable love for old black and white movies. From The Bicycle Thief to Roman Holiday. Equally alluring are black-and-white film portraits of people in black and white that evoke...

  • Chloe 2022-11-18 23:38:23

    New Reality Trailblazer

    As the pioneering work of Italian neorealism, it has the aesthetic characteristics of neorealism.

    The film tells the story of Germany's invasion of Italy during World War II and the arrest of a large number of Italian men to torture them for information about the Communist Party. The godfather and...

  • Otha 2022-11-12 16:06:39

    so-and-so or rome, undefended city

    So-and-so or Rome, the undefended city florists From the source I'm running to the dead Lord, I'm suffering what feeds my body, pain bursts out of my eyes, anger burns in this undefended city With blood and tears, lies and truth, despicableness and greatness, conquest and submission, glory and...

  • Marshall 2022-11-04 17:52:07

    A real tour "Rome, the undefended city"

    Before watching the movie, I didn't know that he was a work of Italian neorealism, or that he was talking about war. I just watched it with an open mind. After watching it, I felt very complicated. I haven't felt this complicated and indescribable for a long time.

    This film is humorous, warm and...

  • Aniyah 2022-11-03 01:17:57

    Heroes are not just the Hollywood kind

    Such as the depressing streets of Italy shot by empty footage, people gather in piles to grab bread, look for jobs, even if they hang outside the carriages, they have to be crowded on the bus... People's pleadings, protests, hunger, poverty, unemployment, It casts a sad and anxious emotion on the...

  • Bobby 2022-11-01 00:47:43

    Rome, undefended

    Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, the Undefended City" clearly marked a moment in film history, a veritable immortal masterpiece in film history. In 1945, the year when World War II ended, the anti-fascist alliance defeated the fascist forces of the Axis powers, and mankind passed through a cataclysmic...

  • Brett 2022-10-30 15:53:50

    All roads lead to Rome, the undefended city

    "All roads lead to Rome, the undefended city," said Godard, in an Italian proverb.  What Godard is saying is that when we think about modern cinema, we always go back to the definition given by this source film by Roberto Rossellini.  "Rome Undefended" was not only a milestone in Italian cinema,...

  • Enola 2022-10-28 00:07:12

    Rome - an undefended city - a memorable storyline with vivid characters

    The video is wonderful. A year before the end of World War II, Mussolini fell and Hitler occupied Italy. The Italian Communist Party headed by Togliatti united patriots of all classes to form the National Liberation Front and launched an arduous struggle against the German occupiers. The film...

  • Trace 2022-10-15 07:50:32

    "Rome, the Undefended City" - The Power of Faith

    This is the pioneering work of Italian neo-realism film. The film mainly tells the story of the heroic struggle of the Italian people without the Nazi German army in order to defend the country and uphold their beliefs during the fascist German occupation. The film shows the daily life of ordinary...