Introduction to Italian cinema from 1945 to the present. This survey course will analyze major works by such Italian directors as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Wertmuller, Bertolucci, the Taviani brothers, Germi, and Benigni. Films are in Italian with English subtitles. The course will be taught in English.

Films studied include:

• Open City, (1945), Directed by Roberto Rossellini
• The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette, 1948), Directed by Vittorio De Sica
• Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all’italiana, 1961), Directed by Pietro Germi
• The Conformist (Il conformista, 1970), Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
• We All loved Each Other So Much, Directed by Ettore Scola (1975)
• Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo), Directed by The Taviani Brothers (1982)
• Cinema paradiso, Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (1989)
• Ciao professore, Directed by Lina Wertmuller (1994)
• Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella, 1998), Directed by Roberto Benigni
• Nuovomondo, Directed by Crialesi (2006)