New York, NY: ASSUNTA SPINA (1915)
Bruce Calvert
Every Tuesday morning in June (5, 12, 19, 26), beginning at 11:30 a.m.,
Italian films screen in the News Corporation New Media Theater. Selections
include Francesca Bertini and Gustavo Serena's Assunta Spina (1915, silent
film with music track, 50 minutes), a precursor to 1940s Italian neorealism;
and Luchino Viscounti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963, restored English
language version, 161 minutes), an epic film that re-creates the tumultuous
years when the aristocracy lost its grip on power and the middle class led
the formation of a unified democratic Italy. Screenings are free with museum
admission.
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Screenings
Screenings are held in the New Media Theater in the Sackler Center for Arts
Education. Free with museum admission.
Italian Neo-Realist Films
TUES in JUN @ 11:30 AM
Assunta Spina
(1913/15, directed by Gustavo Serena, b/w color tinted, sound, 50 min.)
A precursor to 1940s Italian Neo-Realism, following the florid tradition of
opera, the tragic story of a laundress and her jealous lover presents a
naturalistic picture of lower-class life.
Il Gattopardo
(The Leopard, 1963, directed by Luchino Visconti, restored English language
version, 161 min.)
An epic on the grandest scale, this film recreates the tumultuous 1860s,
when the aristocracy lost their power and the middle classes formed a
unified democratic Italy.
Film programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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Bruce Calvert
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