My Voyage To Italy- Martin Scorsese..

These are some notes I took down while the documentary was being screened. 

• Italian cinema had a great effect over Hollywood..
• They can communicate through film..
• If Scorsese never experienced Italian Neo Realism, he would be a very different person and film maker..
• Broadened his horizons in life..
• The Genre shows the struggle of the Italians moving to America after world war two..
• (Neo Realism)- People realised they weren't sets, it was real life. 
• Racial/Emotional..
• Captured the imagination..
• Alessandro Blasetti- Italian folklore (Director- Roberto Rossellini)
• The epic- Neo Realism- captivated Scorsese.. 
• Film would never be the same again after Italian Neo Realism..
• It was a response to experience- changed the rules of movie making..
• 'The bicycle Thief' changed film history for Scorsese.. 
• 'Open City' introduced Neo Realism- Open mind and cinema to make something fantastic.. It as a phenomenon. Ordinary people who all became heroes under extraordinary circumstances.  
• Rossalini was driven to try and find a way to 'Direct facts'..
• 'Germany Year Zero' by Rossalini had a true impact on Reality.. 

Watching this documentary opened my eyes into the history of film making and showed me why Neo Realism was so important in terms of film history. I thoroughly enjoyed it.