The pioneering work of Italian neorealism. Facing the real reality of Italy after World War II for the first time, the Mussolini regime has been overthrown, the Allied forces are approaching Rome, and the Germans who are still occupying Italy, in order to delay time, declared Rome as an undefended city on the one hand, and intensified the destruction on the other hand. People's Resistance. The film is based on a story told by a resistance leader. Under the difficult shooting conditions at that time, the film crew took to the streets and took many simple scenes in the real scene, which were edited together with the newsreel, producing a documentary-like effect. Moreover, in order to save money, in addition to the priest and Pina, a large number of non-professional actors are used, and the performance is as realistic as possible. In terms of lens language, instead of Hollywood's continuous editing, people and scenes are mostly represented in plain medium and long scenes. For example, the death scene of Pina contributed to the classic "eyewitness" perspective in film history; Rossellini later publicized: This is the the way things are. His film is about going back to Lumiere. Indeed, for the first time, Roman Undefended presents the documentary style of Neorealism in its entirety, laying the foundation for the genre's aesthetic principles and shooting methods. The following year, the director made "Guerrilla" with higher artistic achievements.
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