Looking for a classic heart-warming comedy? Director Alessandro Blasetti is here to take you back to 1954 Rome in a brilliant comedy featuring signature performances by 20-years old Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio De Sica. The film is a fine example of the Italian comedy (commedia all’italiana) genre of the 50’s-60’s known for masterpieces… Continue reading Too Bad She’s Bad – Peccato che sia una Canaglia (Alessandro Blasetti – 1954)
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My Visit to Cinecitta’ Studios – Rome
As part of my visit to Rome’s International Film Festival, I figured it only makes sense to pay a visit to the birthplace of Italian cinema – Cinecitta’ Studios, It’s about 40 minutes from the center of Rome, going through some suburbs that later my guide informed me are not considered great places to hang… Continue reading My Visit to Cinecitta’ Studios – Rome
Rocco e i suoi fratelli – Rocco and his Brothers (Luchino Visconti – 1960)
It’s a story told many times of a family that leaves home to find a better life elsewhere. In this masterpiece Visconti overlays this basic premise in Italy of the Economic Boom of early 60’s, the cultural dissonant emerging from a Southern family from Lucania trying to assimilate in big city Milan, and above all… Continue reading Rocco e i suoi fratelli – Rocco and his Brothers (Luchino Visconti – 1960)
The Outcry – Il Grido (Michelangelo Antonioni – 1957)
Rejection, alienation, and total abandonment staged in a bleak winter in the Poe valley with constant use of gray landscapes, barren trees, foggish rain and lots of mud all the actors negotiate their way in – provide an apt juxtaposition between the emotional and the physical realities in this masterpiece by Antonioni. The film tells… Continue reading The Outcry – Il Grido (Michelangelo Antonioni – 1957)