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 film from the beginning, pointing out the problems facing Italy at the time. In addition to showing a poor and unfair society, "Rome, an Undefended City" is more about opposition to war. The director sometimes ventures into live-action shooting in the midst of unstoppable war. He wants to tell the audience the true state of Italy during the war. , and the influence of anti-fascist ideology among the little people in society. Several protagonists who have contributed to communism are heroes, but they are not heroes who will make shocking noises in Hollywood and attract people's attention. In the end, even if they sacrifice, they have made great contributions to all mankind. In the film, they are unknown, and they do not have the ability to turn their backs into victory after being betrayed by the dancer. The camera is a bystander, finding some of the sentient beings who are willing to fight for the revolution, recording what they did in a certain period of time, and recording them. In the end there is not much attention paid to the sacrifice. It can reflect the excitement of the social system, people's life and historical time, because the new realism takes from the events to the characters from the real essence. These events and characters are what everyone experienced in that special period. The film magnifies reality, attacks society, and brings resonance and feeling. However, I don’t know if the director relies too much on natural lighting. The film sometimes has a big gap in light and shade, so that some of the film content is suddenly too dark, and the screen brightness needs to be adjusted to the maximum to see it clearly.
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