It's fine as a memento, but as a movie I have a hard time putting it down to greatness. At least when I watched it, I didn't have much time to go in. The consequence of being more realistic is that some artistic value may be lost. What impressed me the most was the passage of the pastor helping the little boy lie, and the case of dying in the end can be written into the textbook.
However, even so, he still has a strong practical significance because the film was shot in 945, which is the end of World War II. The background of the story of the film is that in 1943, after the surrender of Italy, Rome was occupied by Hitler's troops. Students who are curious about this period of history can search for it. The German occupation of Rome is of great significance, because then Italy turned against the enemy, which basically means the collapse of the German-Fascist axis.
So knowing this history, and then watching this film in reverse, it is not difficult to understand why this very ordinary film at that time would make future generations feel so significant. First of all, he is the film that the Italian director Rossellini was determined to make during his escape. Some people in the market commented that this film used a method that was not available before, that is, the method of a documentary. There are so many documentaries now, but at that time, the fact that this film could be made in this way had more practical significance than any artistic achievement.
Maybe I have seen some cruel scenes such as the war in Afghanistan in the future. In this case, the director can only operate in the form of secret shooting. What is the difference from ordinary war films? I don't think I need to continue explaining here. Because by my standards, even if the film failed to express something at the end, I would have given him at least 4 stars.
What is the director Rossellini trying to express in this film? I want to see this film, and the audience who can watch it can probably feel something in their hearts.
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