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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neorealist

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

A lover of movies since childhood, he experienced an epiphany as a teenager when he discovered Italian neorealist directors like Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

‘Bicycle Thieves’ A family man barely scraping by in postwar Rome undertakes a desperate search when his only means of transportation is stolen in Vittorio De Sica’s essential 1948 neorealist drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022