Writings of Jean-Marie Straub on Roberto Rossellini
The two texts are taken from Straub-Huillet Writings (Translated and edited by Sally Shafto). FIVE NEW FILMS BY ROSSELLINI Five films by Rossellini will be released in Paris in their first run this season. These five films are L'amore (1947), Doư'è la libertà...? ( Where Is Freedom? , 1953), Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy , 1953), Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Joan of Arc at the Stake , 1954) and La paura (Fear , 1954).' L'amore (Una voce umana [The Human Voice] and Il miracolo (The Miracle]): An extraordinary recital by Anna Magnani shot by Rossellini in 1947, L'amore is made up of two medium-length films, Una voce umana , after Jean Cocteau, and Il miracolo , after a screenplay by Federico Fellini, which shocked certain American Catholics. Dov'è la libertà..? : Rossellini's first comic film with the Italian star Totò, who, after twenty years spent in prison, escapes and, disgusted by the life "free" people lead, returns to his ce...