Editing Roberto Rossellini (section)

==Legacy==
Rossellini's films after his early [[Neorealism (art)|Neo-Realist]] films—particularly his films with Ingrid Bergman—were commercially unsuccessful, though ''[[Journey to Italy]]'' is well regarded in some quarters. He was an acknowledged master for the critics of ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' in general and [[André Bazin]], [[François Truffaut]], and [[Jean-Luc Godard]] in particular. Truffaut noted in his 1963 essay, ''Roberto Rossellini Prefers Real Life'' (available in ''The Films in My Life'') that Rossellini's influence among the directors who became part of the [[French New Wave|nouvelle vague]] was so great that he was in every sense "the father of the French New Wave".

His posthumous ex-son-in-law [[Martin Scorsese]] has acknowledged Rossellini's seminal influence in his documentary ''[[My Voyage to Italy]]'' (the title itself a take on Rossellini's ''[[Viaggio in Italia|Voyage to Italy]]''). Among works from Italian directors [[Federico Fellini|Fellini]], [[Luchino Visconti|Visconti]], [[Vittorio De Sica|De Sica]] and [[Michelangelo Antonioni|Antonioni]], Rossellini's films form at least half of the films Scorsese discusses, highlighting Rossellini's monumental role in Italian and world cinema. The films covered include his Neo-Realist films and films with Ingrid Bergman, as well as ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]'', about [[St. Francis of Assisi]]. Scorsese notes that in contrast to directors who often become stylistically restrained and conservative as their careers advanced, Rossellini became more unconventional as his career advanced, and was constantly experimenting with new styles and technical challenges. Scorsese particularly highlights the series of biographies Rossellini made in the 60s of historical figures and singles out ''[[La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV]]'' for praise. 

Certain of Rossellini's film-related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives to which scholars and media experts from around the world may have full access.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/cinema/ |title=Cinema Archives – Wesleyan University |publisher=Wesleyan.edu |access-date=13 August 2012}}</ref> Rossellini's son [[Renzo Rossellini (producer)|Renzo]] is producing the ''Audiovisual Encyclopedia of History by Roberto Rossellini'', a multi-media collection containing all of Rossellini's works, interviews, and other material from the Rossellini archive. The ''Encyclopedia'' existed in prototype form in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rossellinifilm.com/it/file/enc/scheda.htm/ |title=ROSSELLINI Film & TV &#124; Enciclopedia del cinema di Roberto Rossellini |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921042933/http://www.rossellinifilm.com/it/file/enc/scheda.htm |archive-date=21 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>