Noun
(art) A movement in art, literature and (especially in Italy) cinema, shortly after the Second World War, that concentrated on real life.
(political science) A theory of international relations based on the idea that power is the most important factor.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAlong with neorealism, the style had a homegrown precedent, specifically cited by Dassin, in director Henry Hathaway 's The House on 92nd Street (1945), which demonstrated the parallel influence of the cinematic newsreel. Source: Internet
Ballinger and Graydon (2007), p. 20; Schatz (1981), pp. 116–22; Ottoson (1981), p. 2. Italian neorealism of the 1940s, with its emphasis on quasi-documentary authenticity, was an acknowledged influence on trends that emerged in American noir. Source: Internet
Bernhard’s focus on Jungian depth psychology proved to be the single greatest influence on Fellini’s mature style and marked the turning point in his work from neorealism to filmmaking that was "primarily oneiric". Source: Internet
Beyond neorealism (1954–1960) Cinecittà - Teatro 5, Fellini's favorite studio citation Fellini directed La Strada based on a script completed in 1952 with Pinelli and Flaiano. Source: Internet
Elsewhere, Italian director Luchino Visconti adapted Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice as Ossessione (1943), regarded both as one of the great noirs and a seminal film in the development of neorealism. Source: Internet
However, as one biographer notes, "Visconti without neorealism is like Lang without expressionism and Eisenstein without formalism ". Source: Internet