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| Laughing Gravy | Jul 13 2008, 07:25 AM Post #1 |
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In this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic short story (title translates to White Night), a young man (Marcello Mastrioianni), new to the city, meets and falls in love with a young woman (Maria Schell) who is faithfully waiting for her lover to return after a self-imposed year's absence. Is the lover coming back? A very romantic film, beautifully photographed. Unlike the "realism" of the other French and Italian movies I've been watching, this one is very theatrical, with impressive sets representing the twisted streets of the city. Mastrioianni is excellent, Schell -- despite being fixated on a man who isn't there, and sometimes ya just wanna dump a sno-cone on her head and get her to snap out of it -- is so damn attractive and appealing; I really like movies in which you can SEE why a character falls in love with another one, because you do too. There are two big musical numbers in the film, sort of: the first is an opera, and the second is a daffy rock & roll dance (to Bill Haley's 13 Women) that looks as though it were cut from an American-International Picture of the era. Luchino Visconti directed, and it's a haunting picture. The Criterion DVD is terrific, with the usual excellent bonus material. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jul 16 2008, 06:57 AM Post #2 |
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Oh, so NOBODY wants to mention this fine film... Even Mr. Panzer, who has raved about certain other films by the same director?!? |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Jul 16 2008, 10:01 AM Post #3 |
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Lately I've been watching films by Lubitch, Ozu and La Cava.....but I'll see it within the year. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Jul 21 2008, 08:50 AM Post #4 |
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Mouth Breather
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I loved White Nights. Visconti's my favorite Italian director despite such absolute stinkers as Death In Venice. The Leopard is my favorite movie bar none, even in the savagely cut Criterion version. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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