In a message dated 4/29/00 10:19:18 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: << Can claims that it was a return to Neo-Realist style be justified? >> Not particularly, since he had never left at that point. See "Mamma Roma" which really is a continuation of Open City. Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640-0128 Phone: (201) 767-3117 or (800) 603-1104 Fax: (201) 767-3035 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: <A HREF="http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/arch.html">http://www.milestonefil ms.com</A> ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite