The role that reality plays in Rossellini’s films

Film Stromboli (Roberto Rossellini, 1950) Present: The role that reality plays in Rossellini’s films; how do they invite us to distinguish between reality and appearance? Impressionism, natural landscape and environment. The relationship between the protagonist’s experiences of the fictional world and the filmic depiction of the fictional world. Ingrid Bergman. the ppt should with a picture and one speaking handout Reading Perkins, V.F. (1990) ‘The World and Its Image’ in Perkins Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies. London: Penguin; first published 1972, 71-115. Rohmer, Eric (1989), ‘Roberto Rossellini: Stromboli’ in Rohmer, The Taste of Beauty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Translated by Carol Volk, 124-127. First published in Gazette du cinema 5, November 1950. Rohmer, Eric (1989) ‘The Taste for Beauty’ in Rohmer, The Taste of Beauty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Translated by Carol Volk, 70-80. First published in Cahiers du cinema 121, July 1961. [Available in the library].