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Italian Cinema: Neorealism to Peplum by manuel.grisaceo is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Italian film history after World War 2 was dominated by neorealism, though epics set in classical times ("peplum" films) became popular in the late 1950s. These films were made in opposition to neorealist art films. Hollywood also produced films in Italy like Quo Vadis? and Ben-Hur to take advantage of lower production costs. The most expensive film ever made at the time was Cleopatra, shot in Italy in 1963, which exemplified the phenomenon of "Hollywood on the Tiber" and relationship between American stars
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- manuel.grisaceo
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- EN