Adriano Aprà on ROME OPEN CITY
Rome Open City • 11m
Scholar Adriano Aprà has devoted much of his career to Roberto Rossellini, directing the 1992 film ROSSELLINI VISTO DA ROSSELLINI, editing the 1992 collection of Rossellini essays and interviews “My Method,” and writing the 2006 book “In viaggio con Rossellini.” This interview with Aprà, in which he discusses ROME OPEN CITY, was conducted in 2009.
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