Cinema of Italy
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The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.
Auteurs
Italy produced many auteurs throughout its history, including Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini,Vittorio De Sica, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mario Bava, Enzo G. Castellari. Umberto Lenzi and Luchino Visconti. These directors works often span many decades and genres. Nowadays auteurs are Marco Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti, Gianni Amelio and Paolo Sorrentino.
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