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Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era.
Blasetti’s pioneering film has been credited with introducing a number of cinematic techniques which would become calling cards of Italy’s Neo-Realist directors, such as De Sica, Visconti and Rossellini, during the 1940’s and 1950’s.
Jan 29, 2020 · This article explores the role of Alessandro Blasetti in arguing for, and promoting, the development of the Italian film industry before and after the Second World War.
- Stephen Gundle, Michela Zegna
- 2020
Alessandro Blasetti, the film director sometimes referred to as ‘the father of Italian cinema’ for the part he played in reviving the film industry in Italy in the late 1920s and 30s, was born on this day in 1900 in Rome.
Apr 11, 2017 · Blasetti started his career as a film critic in the mid-1920s, just as the once-mighty Italian cinema was on the verge of collapse, and became one of the country’s most prominent directors...
Quick Reference. (1900–87). Italy's foremost film director in the 1930s, very active after World War II, but known mostly for his historical films, such as 1860 (1933) on Garibaldi's first expedition. His ... From: Blasetti, Alessandro in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
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Jun 24, 2011 · BLASETTI, John Anthony February 17, 1928 - June 24, 2011 John passed away peacefully surrounded by love at the Peter Lougheed Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2011 at the age of 83 years. Besides his parents Giovanni and Elvira, he was predeceased by his brothers, Angelo and Chester.
