MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 Instructor: David Thorburn Origins and historical context of Italian neorealism, with brief accounts of the major figures and artistic principles of the movement. Discuss the quality of “multiplicity,” a key attribute of all good films. Examples: Bicycle Thieves; Rome, Open City. 00:00 OCW Intro 00:25 Multiplicity: the opening of Bicycle Thieves 19:53 Historical context 25:29 Origins: Italian, German, French 29:52 Key features 36:01 Central figures 44:41 The neorealist counter-plot License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu/