Italy
directed by: Roberto Rossellini
written by: Federico Fellini + Klaus Mann (book)
starring: Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Maria Michi
comment: 5th April, 2017
From the perspective of a modern moviegoer, I'd say that if this movie wanted to be more timeless, they'd have to work differently with sound and music. But that would just pile on on the undeniable impact it already has on the viewer.
When it comes to Italian war films, my favourite is Monicelli's The Great War. That's because it's a bit different genre, it's more thought through and manipulated. The rawness and spontaneity of Paisan makes it exeptional amongst "typical" war films, but the construction of the storyline separates it very clearly from documentaries.
However immensely impressive, in the end Paisa is still proving that reality/truth is an intangible thing that can never be truly mediated through a film camera.
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