Involvement in Film
As the state undersecretary in charge of entertainment in 1949, Andreotti found a way of slowing the advance of American films while also curbing the excesses of Neorealism in Italy. The Andreotti law established import limits, screen quotas, and provided loans to Italian production firms. However, to receive a loan, a government committee had to approve the script; films with an apolitical slant were rewarded with larger sums, while films that were thought to slander Italy could be denied an export license. The Andreotti law created preproduction censorship in Italy. Vittorio de Sica's Umberto D, which depicted the lonely life of a retired man, could only strike government officials as a dangerous throwback, due to the opening scene featuring police breaking up a demonstration of old pensioners and the ending scene featuring Umberto's aborted suicide attempt. In a public letter to De Sica, Andreotti castigated him for his "wretched service to his fatherland."
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