1947, USA, Charles Chaplin, 124 min.
1985, USA, Johnathan Lynn, 94 min.
1948, USA, John Huston, 126 min.
1951, USA, Billy Wilder, 111 min.
1966, Italy & Spain, Sergio Corbucci, 92 min.
Rome Open City
Friday January 4, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
EARLY START TIME:
7:00 p.m.
1945, Italy, Roberto Rossellini, 105 min.
Starring Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero
Free with a $7 bar minimum
David Bragdon of the New York City Parks Department introduces Rome Open City
Street smarts:
1. Rossellini used actual Nazi POWs as extras for added realistic effect.
2. The film's American release, in 1946, was never supposed to happen. A U.S. Army private stationed in Rome saw the film, liked it, and pretended to be an interested American producer. He smuggled a copy home and got it released in New York in 1946.
3. When Rome, Open City was shot in 1944, a war torn Italy had virtually no movie industry. Roberto Rossellini befriended a wealthy older woman who wanted to have a documentary made about Don Pietro Morisini and it evolved into the film we know today.
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