In this masterpiece classic director Francesco Rosi tells the story of Salvatore Giuliano, a famous Sicilian gangster that during the mid-40’s collaborated with a Sicilian separatist group, Movement for the Independence of Sicily (MIS), with close ties to the Mafia engaging with small-scale attacks on government and police targets.
Rosi delivers a poignant documentary that whisks [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 08.09.2007 at 6:07 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema , Documentary, Drama, Entertainment, francesco rosi, History, Montelepre, Political, salvatore giuliano, sicily
The mother’s death gathers together the three brothers back to their youth home.
Raffaele (Philip Noiret), the oldest, a successful famous judge, from Rome. Nicola (Michele Placido), a blue collar active in the union movement, dealing with his marriage crisis. Rocco, reserved and spontaneous, dedicated to help children in a correctional institute.
Donato, their father, a sweet [...]
Posted by Laura Bianconcini on 06.25.2007 at 10:18 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema , Drama, Entertainment, francesco rosi, I tre fratelli, Political, The Three Brothers
In this film, Francesco Rosi tells the story of painter Carlo Levi, an anti-fascist activist that was arrested in Turin in 1935 and was sent by Mussolini to the remote town of Gagliano (invented name) – in what is known today as Basilicata.
If you ignore the historical context of this film and focus on the [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 05.25.2007 at 5:22 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Political , Biography, carlo levi, Drama, eboli, Entertainment, francesco rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Political
The characters and events shown are imaginary
The social and environmental
context is real
Fracesco Rosi’s outrageously bold social realism film ends with the above condemning statement. The film offers a unique over the shoulder view into the world of political deal making and corruption in Naples of the early 60’s. Rod Steiger effectively plays the ruthless, power-hungry [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 01.27.2007 at 9:44 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Neorealism, Political , Entertainment, francesco rosi, hands over the city, naples, napoli, Neorealism, Political, rod steiger