Reviews
Pinocchio (2002)
PINOCCHIO
It's a living cartoon. Flesh and bones: the computer is used to materialize the fantastic world of Pinocchio. There is much of Fellini in this film with a touch of Disney. Redundant of colors and music, rather faithful to Collodi's novel. It is not Benigni who plays Pinocchio, but Pinocchio that plays Benigni. The rest around him seems to vanish. Many cameos, many fast apparitions. Nicoletta Braschi is the Blue Fairy, Kim Red Stuart is Lucignolo. Peppe Barra is great in his role of the Cricket and Aldo Giuffre (Geppetto) seeds carsima also in the short distance. Danilo Donati flies towards an Oscar. Dresses and scenes are great. Gadgets beyond making Benigni a millionaire, bring back in families the ancient habits. When children were falling asleep into a dream.
Un viaggio chiamato amore (2002)
Was it true love?
Was it true love? God only knows. She loved him, very much. Crazy for love. He was really crazy, he did not strain that much. Dino and Sibilla, lovers of a century as soon as bloomed. A brilliant poet, Dino Campana and a writer of success, Sibilla Aleramo. The screen colors of a tenuous yellow small cuttlefish, dominates the shadows, only light splashes. And two great actors: Stefano Accorsi and Laura Morante.
Le fate ignoranti (2001)
I recommend you this film
Antonia and Massimo lead one normal and apparently satisfactory life. Massimo dies in a street incident and Antonia slowly discovers the relationship between her defunct husband and a lover. Accidentally, in fact, she finds a picture dedicated to her husband by his lover. Antonia starts to search the person and discovers that Massimo's lover is a man, Michele.
In this film Ozpetek tells the contrast between the grey bourgeois life made of conventions and lies and the colored existence of a group of persons that lives in complete freedom, one multi ethnic community of homosexuals and trans. Ozpetek seems to say true life is far away from the conventions and from the comforts, and he finds an example in the coloured kitchen where Antonia knows Michele (her husband's lover) and where the community of persons lives. Michele is part of it. Freedom is breathed and joy even if not always the situations allows to smile. In this film you can admire two of the best new actors of the Italian cinema, Margherita Buy (Antonia) and Stefano Accorsi (Michele).
Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)
I loved it!
Well I think that you should watch this wonderful Italian film. It is taken from the comedy "Filumena Marturano" by Eduardo De Filippo. Marcello Mastroianni is superb and Sophia Loren is excellent. It's a pity she didn't won the second Oscar as best actress of this film.
The title-song "'O cielo ce manna 'sti 'ccose" by Fred Bongusto is absolutely wonderful.
Canone inverso - Making Love (2000)
A romantic drama in Praha
By the beautiful novel by Paolo Maurensig. It is the story of a Steiner violin and of his young owner Jeno Varga. It's a romantic drama filmed in Praha. Wonderful good music by Claude Debussy... I really enjoyed this film. Oh, by the way, Paolo Maurensig is from Udine, my town, in Italy...
The Clock (1945)
Ah, what a film!
It's the favorite film of my Dad. We watched the video also tonight. The Clock is a story of a soldier named Joe who has a license of only two days. He arrives in New York and at the railway station he meets a girl named Alice. The actor is Robert Walker and the actress is Judy Garland. Joe and Alice get married the second day. Please watch this film. It's enchanting. Judy Garland is magnificent in "The Clock". I reccomended this film to an engineer from Winter Park I met in Internet. He was a soldier during the II World War and I think he should appreciate it very much, because the story of Joe is common to many guys of his generation.
Cronaca familiare (1962)
Excellent!
It's the film of my life! I never saw a film more beautiful than this. It's very touching. Mastroianni is great, but also Jacques Perrin who acts as Lorenzo is wonderful! I saw the film and I read the novel by Vasco Pratolini. Both excellent! Believe me.