... should win there would be no further question of assistance from the United States-(Blum). The propaganda campaign also used radio broadcasts both in the United States (an estimated 1.2 million short-wave receivers in Italy in 1946) and Italy to carry the message of voting against communism. The message the United States routinely tried to implore was that the elections of ... would be shipped off to work in Russia, far away from there beloved homeland and culture. The United States played on this fear by urging Eastern European refugees to tell stories, over the radio, of living life b...

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... all the characteristics that make Bicycles Thieves a realistic film, and all the non-realistic elements that, in some ways, determine its realism as well. Initially, it is important to make a short introduction about Italian neorealism and its aspects. This movement had been developed in Italy between 1945 and 1953: young filmmakers took part in new programs of innovation, because they wanted ... a plurilingualism such as German, Italian, or English. For the first time in Italian cinema history dialects were considered as important as official languages. Directors were no longer interes...

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• Grade Level: Graduate