Ossessione 1943

Ossessione (Luchino Visconti, 1943) is generally considered to be the first Neorealist film. It is also Luchino Visconti's first feature film, and the first of several adaptations of James M. Cain's novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x709, 44 KB)Ossessione movie poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x709, 44 KB)Ossessione movie poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Luchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer. ... Neorealism is a cultural movement in cinema that, following the realism in literature, brings elements of true life in the stories it describes, in contrast with a tendency to depict a world mainly existing in imagination only. ... Luchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer. ... James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 - October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and crime writer. ... The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 novel by James M. Cain that was made into three movies. ...

Given a copy of the novel by Jean Renoir during the shooting of Une partie de campagne, Visconti decided to use it as a vehicle for his ideas about presenting realism in cinema. Visconti changed the setting from Southern California to the Po Valley, which was one of the poorest areas in Italy. Because the film depicts the plight of the very poor, and is quite negative in tone--very much in contrast to other Italian films of the time--the film met with much objection wherever it was shown (Vittorio Mussolini famously walked out during the premiere, shouting "this is not Italy!"). Despite this, it received generally favorable response from the critics, who sensed a change in the direction of Italian cinema. This shift was cemented with the release of Roma, città aperta immediately after the war. Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ... Southern California Los Angeles, rush hour on the Harbor Freeway San Diego Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the southern one-third of the state of California. ...

Once the war was over, distribution of the film was again restricted, but this time by the occupying forces. Visconti had been unable to secure the rights to the novel due to the wartime circumstances, and in the meantime Metro-Goldwyn Mayer had procured them and begun making their own version, starring John Garfield and Lana Turner (The Postman Always Rings Twice - dir. Tay Garnett, 1946). The film was not permitted to be shown outside of Italy until 1976. Consequently, the first Neorealist film was not available to the general public until long after the Italian Neorealist movement had ended in 1952 with Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952). For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... John Garfield John Garfield (born March 4, 1913 in New York City; died May 21, 1952 in New York City) was an American actor. ... Lana Turner Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress famed early in her career for tight sweaters and smoldering sensuality and later in her career for sudsy romance films with maximum tragedy and glamorous gowns. ... The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 novel by James M. Cain that was made into three movies. ... Tay Garnett was a movie director who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Neorealism is a cultural movement in cinema that, following the realism in literature, brings elements of true life in the stories it describes, in contrast with a tendency to depict a world mainly existing in imagination only. ... Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian film, directed by Vittorio De Sica. ... Vittorio De Sica (July 7, 1901 - November 13, 1974) was an Italian neorealist director and actor. ...