At 01:43 PM 12/4/96 -0500, you wrote: >I am writing a paper about neorealism and I read about a law passed by >Giulio Andreotti in 1949 which, according to the author, put an end to the >italian neorealism in the cinema industry. Could anyone give me more >information about this law? > This is from Mira Liehm's *Passion and Defiance*: <paraindent><param>left</param>The law was introduced by Giulio Andreotti, then a member of the government, a man close to Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi. On the one hand, the law protected the national movie industry against American competition by taxing imported films and by imposing compulsory programming of Italian films for eighty days a year in every theater, thus tripling the distribution of Italian productions on the home market. On the other hand, "la legge Andreotti" reintroduced strict pre censorship, putting the state in control of the movie industry. All scripts were to be submitted to a special ministerial commission, and only those that met with official approval were granted production loans. (Thus, typically, the farcical comedy *Don Camillo* was allotted 216 million lire whereas *La Terra Trema* received only 6 million.) This system drastically reduced attempts at filming controversial subjects and discouraged producers from supporting films that were unlikely to receive financial assistance. </paraindent>This part of the book goes on to describe some of the more specific effects (reduced quality of films) and targets (De Sica, De Santis...) of the Andreotti law. The book should be easy to find should you need more info. =20 Buon lavoro! Aaron Curtiss [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]