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Paisà (1946)
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Rossellini recounts the liberation of Italy during WWII in six distinct episodes. The film's style is the foundation on which the whole aesthetic of neo-realism was built: endless establishing shots, and long 'neutral' takes that allow each viewer to make up his own mind about the characters. But the choked-back sentimentality of much of the action (GI doesn't recognise prostitute as the girl he once loved, etc) belongs to a very much older tradition than the visual style. Only the long, final episode in the Po Valley remains wholly impressive: its view of the sheer arbitrariness of warfare anticipates some of Jancsó's abstractions.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Producer: Roberto Rossellini, Rod E Geiger, Mario Conti
Cast: Maria Michi, Gar Moore, Carmela Sazio, Dots M Johnson, Harriet White, Bill Tubbs, Dale Edmonds full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 124 mins
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