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 ----------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Larsson, English Department, AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu