![]() ![]() While the veteran Alessandro Blasetti was completing two documentaries ( European Nights and I Love, You Love), a group of extraordinary new talents were directing their first films: Pier Paolo Pasolini Accattone, Mamma Roma, and La ricotta Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Un uomo da bruciare Ermanno Olmi Il posto and Bernardo Bertolucci La commare secca.Īmid this abundance of gems, the risk of being overlooked was great it happened to even as extraordinary a film as Dino Risi’s Il sorpasso (1962), which was dismissed by the critics. What makes that brief moment unique, however, is the large quantity of great films, and the fact that they were directed by old masters, young newcomers, and established filmmakers alike.ĭuring those three years, Federico Fellini directed La dolce vita and 8½ Luchino Visconti Rocco and His Brothers and The Leopard Vittorio De Sica Two Women Michelangelo Antonioni L’avventura, La notte, and L’eclisse and Roberto Rossellini the underrated Era notte a Roma. Obviously, there were many masterpieces released before and after that time, particularly during the neorealist era. In a period spanning a little more than three years, 1960 to 1963, Italian cinema lived its golden age. ![]()
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