neorealist

American  

[nee-oh-ree-uhl-ist] / ˌni oʊˈri əl ɪst /

adjective

1. subscribing, conforming, or relating to neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

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noun

1. someone who subscribes to philosophical neorealism or who works in the style of neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

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There’s many neorealist films that are very important to me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

The daughter is pop '80s/'90s, the grandmother, who tells tall tales as many grandmothers do, is a spaghetti western, and the mother, who is still traumatized by Iran, is a neorealist Kiarostami film.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

Raised on a censor-approved diet of propaganda and escapist fare, he was energized by bleak and poetic masterworks by neorealist Italian filmmakers such as Vittorio De Sica.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

In 1952, the first year the magazine conducted its survey, Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist classic “Bicycle Thieves” was voted No. 1.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

‘Salt of the Earth’ Mexican American mine workers in a small New Mexico town stand up for their rights in this once-controversial 1954 neorealist drama made by a trio of blacklisted filmmakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022