Mark Shiel is the author of “Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City.” In this 2009 video essay, he discusses Roberto Rossellini’s depiction of the urban settings in Rome Open City, Paisan and Germany Year Zero.
Mark Shiel
Self
Roberto Rossellini
Self (archive footage)
Aldo Fabrizi
(archive footage)
Anna Magnani
Vito Annichiarico
Francesco Grandjacquet
Dots Johnson
Alfonsino Pasca
Edmund Moeschke
Naqoyqatsi
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Birth of the Living Dead
Seduced and Abandoned
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Night Will Fall
Public Speaking
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside