Italian film lovers are bemoaning the fact that not a single Italian film was selected in the main competition at Cannes this year – reflecting the absence of a new generation of filmmakers to rival the postwar greats Fellini, De Sica, and Passolini. “Italians are talking again, as they have been off and on for 30 years, about the “crisis” of cinema, a word usually reserved for falling governments and train strikes.” – New York Times 05/25/00