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Nobody-27

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  • La grande illusion (1937)
    Great movies that you probably haven't seen
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Cinéma Paradiso

Cinéma Paradiso

8.5
4
  • May 12, 2024
  • A great film lost in never-ending string of deteriorating edits

    There's not much that hasn't been said about this film. I will not try to convince anyone that this is a great film in almost every way.

    However, a film with a major thread being the love story of the protagonist (as reflected and evoked by the amazing last sequence) drops that same thread like it never happened! Why? First, the director put too much of the ending to it in its first incarnation. Then he shortened it, at which point it was great and that was the version I saw. But then, someone convinced the director that the one single second after the credits was still too much (How is tying up loose ends too much?), and that got taken out. What we are left with is a film that has the most stupid ending and after-the-credits revelation ever! We see the protagonist look up at something that gets his attention, and cut to black.

    That's it.

    If you never saw the version I saw, you are left wondering. "What the heck did just happen? Can I see what he saw also?" No, you can't.

    The first time I saw this latest and unfortunately the most popular version of the film, I thought I received an improperly made DVD. But ending was not done in error, it was fully intentional.

    Finally, after seeing that the good version is all but non-existent, I had to come here to warn others: yes, there is a great version of "Cinema Paradiso" out there, but no, it is not available anymore. If you can find the 1990s US NTSC VHS tape, you can see it, otherwise, you are out of luck. It is either the new, shortest version of this film with a bad ending, or the original, overly long version with also a bad ending (That version did poorly in theaters which is why it was shortened).

    Ah, the ruinous nature of never-ending fiddling with a good film. With the all important one second shot at the end of the credit, right after the protagonist looks up at something, it is a perfect 10. As it is, the film is lacking the single most important shot and does not deserve the praise it gets.
    News from Home

    News from Home

    7.3
    1
  • Dec 25, 2022
  • Not a film and not a documentary either

    This film is a perfect example of a film too personal and unrelatable to be of any interest to anyone other than the author herself.

    Documentaries are usually safe from such errors as they capture the unexpected and the unscripted so the audience gets their share of real-life surprises (Court and Cortney, Sherpa, Capturing Friedmans, come to mind). Even with less successful examples, I have never seen a documentary that didn't provide something of interest.

    That's why so far, for me at least, documentaries have been a safe bet. But, as they say, there's a first time for everything, and this is it.

    News From Home is a documentary only in the name of the genre that someone attached to it. In reality, this is a protracted read of soulless letters from a mother to her daughter, talking about the mundane and superficial. It may as well have been made into a bad radio drama, as a failed one act attempt. The letters are presented as the filmmakers lifeless voice-over, and are forcefully paired with unrelated images of dead-end streets, loading docks, and bankrupt businesses of 1970's NYC.

    Only if you are a masochist who's enjoys being tortured by a monotonous drone describing someone's flu, cost of postage, or father's low blood pressure, you may be able to make it through this film. Otherwise, News From Home was made for one viewer only, the director/writer herself and I am not sure that it was successful at that either.
    A Chiara

    A Chiara

    6.8
    1
  • Dec 1, 2022
  • Tried to watch, couldn't finish due to terrible shaky cam (and extreme but unnecessary closeups)

    I tried to watch this film, but the cinematography made me want to vomit so I stopped after a while.

    What's the point of trying to tell a story using a gimmick such as a shaky cam, to the point of ruining the film (and years after its expiration date)? To make things worse, most of the shots are extreme closeups, making it impossible to see what is going on in any scene or even on an actor's face. A double whammy for a serious viewer.

    A good film is a good story well told. This one is so poorly "told" that it is unwatchable. Too bad, they could've just put a camera on a tripod and saved themselves some effort and possibly get a watchable feature in the end.

    All in all, unwatchable, and judging by the cinematography, probably flawed in many other ways too.
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