My Voyage to Italy – Checklist

By: Drew Gregory

As A Personal Journey introduced me to silent cinema (among other things), My Voyage to Italy introduced me to “foreign” cinema.

Scorsese allowed me to cross the American border, using Fellini, Rossellini, and Antonioni as his tools.

I really have seen very little from this list, due to the rarity of many of these titles. Instead I was forced to branch out on my own seeing the Italian films that interested me most, based on the directors that this doc exposed me to. Now that I am a bit craftier at finding rare films, I figured I would go back and try to see all of the films discussed in this film.

Cabiria (1914)
What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932)
Gesuzza the Garibaldian Wife (1934)
The Lower Depths (1936)
Fantasia sottomarina (1940)
La corona di ferro (1941)
The White Ship (1942)
Ossessione (1943)
Rome, Open City (1945)*
Days of Glory (1945)
Shoeshine (1946)
Paisan (1946)*
La Terra Trema (1948)
L’amore (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)*
Germany Year Zero (1948)*
Fabiola (1949)
Bells of Coronado (1950)
Stromboli (1950)
Twilight in the Sierras (1950)
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
Umberto D. (1952)*
The Greatest Love (1952)
I Vitelloni (1953)*
Senso (1954)
Journey to Italy (1954)*
The Gold of Naples (1954)
La Dolce Vita (1960)*
L’Avventura (1960)*
La Notte (1961)*
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
L’Eclisse (1962)*
8½ (1963)*

• = films I have seen

• 01
  Rome Open City
  Roberto Rossellini
• 02
  Paisan
  Roberto Rossellini
• 03
  Bicycle Thieves
  Vittorio De Sica
• 04
  Germany Year Zero
  Roberto Rossellini
• 05
  Umberto D.
  Vittorio De Sica
• 06
  I vitelloni
  Federico Fellini
• 07
  Voyage to Italy
  Roberto Rossellini
• 08
  La dolce vita
  Federico Fellini
• 09
  L'avventura
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 10
  La notte
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 11
  L'eclisse
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 12
  8½
  Federico Fellini