Rossellini's History Films

I am Italian and I am a big fun of Rossellini. A few months ago I had a discussion with some people of my age (27yrs) about Rossellini and most of them don't know anything about him. The recent decline of the italian culture is a huge issue...

I stumbled upon "Blaise Pascal" on Hulu (they have some Rossellini in their Criterion section).

It was totally captivating, somehow simultaneously moving and fascinating, in a way unlike any other film I've watched. Human is a good way to put it. Absolutely unforgettable, almost a religious experience.

I highly recommend his historical films to anyone, regardless of your interest or lack thereof in the subjects; you will become interested.

Rossellini fans may also be interested to know that the BFI have restored and re-released the War trilogy and 3 of the Ingrid Bergman films. Fantastic stuff.

The Eclipse curators have a great eye for overlooked amazing films. It's like the main Criterion line, only moreso. The MA to Criterion's BA in film.

Criterion also deserves credit for making so many of their titles available for streaming on Hulu. More in the Criterion line than in Eclipse, but some of those are there too: http://www.hulu.com/watch/231667?utm_source=site&utm_medium=...

Given Criterion's mission to make more great films more widely available, I hope they'll fight to overcome whatever rights issues are keeping parts of the collection offline, and expand their agreement to other services, like Netflix and Prime, and sites around the world. https://www.criterion.com/hulu

It's a shame that I can use Hulu to watch some of the greatest Italian films ever made, but I can't do that in Italy.