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Gloria Monti requests:
> I could use some more suggestions for my syllabus -- and
> thanks to those who e-mailed me with titles covering the 30s-40s-50s.
> I decided on the segment in *Ba wang bie ji/Farewell My Concubine*
> (1993), Chen Kaige, China that covers the three decades.
> I am looking for a 1950s film (possibly non European) that
> was influenced by Italian Neorealism. The other one I am showing
> under this rubric is Pather Panchali (1955), Satyajit Ray, India.
> I am aware of the debate concerning the imposing of Western
> cultural values, such as a neorealist aesthetic, on Third Cinema and
> the inevitable distortions of a Eurocentric reading of Third Cinema
> (Armes).
As you know, many filmmakers have claimed at least indirect influence
by Neorealism. One film that's much later historically than you are
looking for (but still "early" in sub-Saharan cinema) is Sembene's
MANDABI (THE MONEY ORDER), 1968. It has much in common with
neo-realism (non-professional actors, location sets, and a more overtly
didactic political message than in DeSica/Zavattini's films) and it is
one of the most accessible of Sembene's films for Westerners--it's also
a funny satire of bureaucracy and corruption.
Don Larsson
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Donald F. Larsson, English Department, AH 230
Minnesota State University
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