00:00These tragic but true stories were weaved together to create this movie, Open City,
00:05that was shot on the real location with the real people.
00:10The impact of further neorealistic film was not only artistic.
00:15I was married to Martin Scorsese and Marty explained to me
00:18that the Italian-American community felt that this film redeemed the Italians in the U.S.
00:25because during the war, the Italians were the enemies, the bombardment were mostly done by Americans.
00:31The Italians were the fascists, the ally of Hitler.
00:35And so, these films are so ingrained to the Italian culture,
00:40gave Italy such a renewed identity that when there was the 50th anniversary of the end of the war,
00:49the Italian government decided to issue a stamp.
00:52And guess what was the image for the stamp?
00:56A scene from Rome, Open City.
00:59Yeah, it was very...
01:01APPLAUSE
01:02Thank you.
01:03Grazie a tutti.
