neorealist

comparative more neorealist · superlative most neorealist

1. Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism.
2. broadcastingOf or pertaining to the post-World War II Italian movement of neorealism, which focused on realistic portrayals of daily life.

   If by “neorealism” you mean the opposite of manufactured effects, of the laws of dramaturgy, spectacle, and even of cinematography, then Rossellini has made the only neorealist films.

   1972 April 28, Charles Thomas Samuels, “Fellini on Fellini”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN

3. artOf or pertaining to the neorealism movement in art, which emerged in Britain around 1914.

plural neorealists

1. An adherent of neorealism.

   DeSanctis wasn't a neorealist; he was a follower of D'Annunzio, who took calendar-art shots of the sea.

   1972 April 28, Charles Thomas Samuels, “Fellini on Fellini”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN

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   Rossellini was one of a diverse group of filmmakers, including Luchino Visconti and Vittorio De Sica, who became known as neorealists for their determination to get out of the studio and rediscover a sense of gritty, working-class authenticity.

   2009 January 13, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Roberto Rossellini”, in New York Times