This is 5-stars out of five, literally, cinematic art. Read full review. One of my ten favorite movies--this is an evocative, funny, sad, poignant coming-of-age film. A successful filmmaker returns to his impoverished boyhood home in Sicily to attend the funeral of his mentor, friend, and father-substitute who saw him through his childhood,guided him to follow his passion for movies, and banned him from Giancaldo, their dust bowl town with no future.
Told as a flashback, this simple film is centered on the relationship between these two characters. At Alfredo's knee, next to the Cinema Paradiso projector, Toto learns about life, love, movies, sex, disappointments, loyalty, longings and the central importance of this friendship that formed the child who became a successful middle aged director without personal satisfaction. His return to his roots afte r 30 years' absence draws into sharp focus the town, the same people--just older, the same crazy old guy "closing" the streets at night, declaring the town square his, and the Cinema Paradiso, lying in disrepair about to be razed.
In this case it's: so far and yet so near. As far as he's traveled in time, place, and status, he's instantly transported back in time--but with the hindsight the passing years have given him.
Watching his first film taken of his first and only real love, and watching Alfredo's bequest of a compilation of all the kisses and love scenes the town priest had years ago censored, he is moved to his core at the reminder of his past, his losses, and the price he paid for success. As the credits roll, there is a glimpse of that girl, now 30 years older, browsing in a store , no doubt in his proximity, and you can't help but wonder if he'll get it right now.
This is truly one of the best movies ever made. Thirty years later, Salvatore has come to say good-bye to his life-long friend, who has left him a little gift in a film can. In , over a decade after the film's original release, Tornatore brought the original minute director's cut to American screens for the first time.
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Chinese 1 Items 1. Japanese 1 Items 1. Not Specified 87 Items Release Year. Not Specified 79 Items The legendary score by composer Michael Small is regarded as a benchmark in the sound of paranoia thrillers that dominated cinema in the s, with revered film critic Pauline Kael hailing the film as essential for all fans of the genre.
Now, 47 years later, the soundtrack newly remastered by Bob Weston, will finally be available to own on vinyl.
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