Italian Neorealism and Independent Cinema

I think that in Brick the characters are more complex and ambiguous. Do the right thing relied heavily on dialogue between the characters than Hollywood film. Brick talks of drugs and violence and similarly Do the Right Thing covers violence and hatred and these issues are not usually covered in mainstream media.

Italian Neorealism- Screenwriters's their greatest single influence was the anti-fascism that marked WWII'S immediate postwar period
-Some key elements are an emphasis on real lives, and entirely or largely non-professional cast. and a focus on collectivity rather than the individual.
-Neorealism pushed filmakers out of the studio and on to the streets, the camera emphasis was away from fantasy and toward reality.

-Italian realism inspired american independent cinema by pushed ideas of emphasis on reality and addressing issues that normally aren't covered my mainstream media.