Five Inspirations is a series in which we ask directors to share five things that shaped and informed their film. Rodrigo Moreno's The Delinquents (2023) is showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries.Inspiration #1Il PostoIl Posto.Many years after Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini's revolution of Neorealism in Italy, others took the relevant elements of that manifesto—using natural actors, filming real spaces, and incorporating social and political concerns—to find a cinematic poetry based on an accurate mise-en-scène. Here is Ermanno Olmi, one of the greatest Italian directors: sensitive, original, personal, and above all, subtle. I copied this frame and pasted it into The Delinquents. Inspiration #2The constant detourMaine-Océan.In every one of Jacques Rozier’s films (here are two frames from the great Maine-Océan [1986]) it is impossible to guess what’s next. Apart from an always improvised and lively mise-en-scène that takes everything close to the abyss,...
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