Università Roma Tre

THE CINEMA OF GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS.
Program: The course aims to analyze the path and works of Giuseppe De Santis, from the 1940s to the 1970s. His critical activity in the magazine «Cinema» (1941-1943) is first examined. We reflect on its relationship with neorealism and film genres. Particular attention is paid to the representation of peasant culture and the modern media universe in his films. The major figures of his style are highlighted through a detailed analysis of his works.

TEXTS: Marco Grossi (a cura di), La trasfigurazione della realtà/ The Transfiguration of Reality, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Edizioni Sabinae, Roma 2017; texts compiled by the teacher (that can be bought, after the beginning of the course, at the copisteria of 11, via G. Rocco). Students which will not follow the course must read also Carlo Lizzani, Riso amaro dalla scrittura alla regia, Bulzoni, Roma 2009.
FILMOGRAPHY: Giorni di gloria, 1945; Caccia tragica, 1947; Riso amaro, 1949; Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi (1950), Roma ore 11, 1952; Un marito per Anna Zaccheo, 1953; Giorni d’amore, 1954; Uomini e lupi, 1956; Cesta duga godinu dana (La strada lunga un anno), 1958; La garçonnière, 1960; Italiani brava gente, 1966; Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire, 1972. Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139.
EXAM: oral. Students can write a text on a theme developed during the course. The text must be of around 20.000 characters and will be an integration – not a substitution – of the oral exam. It must be given to the teacher 15 days before the exams