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

She watched Italian neorealist cinema and American comedies, played Philip Glass on the piano, pet her dwarf bunny named after Freddie Mercury, listened to the Cranberries and ultimately got involved in her school’s politics.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 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

‘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