Centro

...The representative works of this movement are "Les Enfants d'Etudes d'Etudes" (1914) directed by Nino Martorio and "Assunta Spina" (1915) directed by Gustavo Serena, and it is said that no Italian filmmaker has not been baptized by these two works. These two works became excellent teaching materials for the Italian national film school, the "Centro Sperimentare di Cinematografia" (commonly known as "Centro"), and it can be said that the roots of "Neorealism" lie here. Even during the period when Italian film itself was in decline under the Fascist regime, this movement was continued by "1860" (1933) directed by Alessandro Brasetti and "Gentlemen Lie" (1932) directed by Mario Camerini. ...

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…ニーノ･マルトリオ監督《闇に落ちた人々》(1914)とグスタボ･セレナ監督《アッスンタ･スピーナ》(1915)がその流れの代表作で，イタリアの映画作家でこの2作品の洗礼を受けなかった者はいないといわれる。この2作品はイタリアの国立映画学校である〈映画実験センターCentro Sperimentare di Cinematografia〉(通称〈チェントロCentro〉)のすぐれた教材となり，ここに〈ネオレアリズモ〉の根があるということもできる。ファシスト政権下でイタリア映画そのものが衰退した時代にも，この流れはアレッサンドロ･ブラゼッティ監督《1860年》(1933)やマリオ･カメリーニ監督《殿方は噓つき》(1932)に引き継がれていく。…

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