Why is Realism usually the cinematic aesthetic of choice for narrative themes of poverty, struggle, and injustice?
Reading given in class: Andre Bazin, ‘De Sica: Metteur-en-scène’, in Leo Braudy & Marshall Cohen, ed., Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 6th ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 134-143. Robert Stam, ‘The Phenomenology of Realism’ Film Theory: An Introduction (London: Blackwell, 2000), 72-77.…