A restored version of Roberto Rossellini’s "Rome, Open City," first released in 1945, is playing in New York, now in pristine high resolution. Set in Rome during the German occupation and shot in documentary style, it tells a fictional story about members of the Italian resistance on the run. Showing the working class streets and buildings of Rome, and using mostly non-actors who simply played themselves, this film is like having a window into life as it really was 70 years ago. It has an authenticity edge over the re-enactments we now watch. A timeless movie about power, violence, betrayal, but mostly hope, in the form of courage, loyalty and community, it has influenced generations of filmmakers, and you can see why.