What Is Neorealism?

In this video essay, kogonada sets two versions of the same 1950s Vittorio De Sica film side by side to ask what neorealism really is and how the choice of when to cut shapes a film.

A brilliant video essay showing how editing alone can change a film's meaning and spirit.

“The only great problem of cinema seems to be more and more, with each film, when and why to start a shot and when and why to end it.” – Jean-Luc Godard

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