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Roma città libera (1946)
Not without its charms
Who could not enjoy De Sica's wild gentleman, and (director) Pagliero keeps the story moving (after the long first scene). Maybe he keeps it too moving, as this film has the feeling that some of the characters motivation material is left on a cutting room floor, somewhere. Good performances all around, though.
It is very interesting to hear many tastes of what would become classic Nina Rota musical figures in the fifties and sixties, couched in the romantic, busy operatic style of the thirties and forties.
I had never heard of this film until NoShame released it, but I am glad to have seen it, a minor bonbon, but a bonbon never the less.
Punishment Park (1971)
Amazing film!!!!!!
As someone who was dealing with the draft board the year this was made, I was absolutely astounded by the truth of it's vision. The haircuts, clothes, figures of speech, that was what it looked and felt like at the time. Contrary to popular memory, everyone wasn't a hippy with a few "bad" people who were for the war. It WAS scary! I may be wrong, but I do believe that most of the dialogue of the trial section, anyway, was written from various quotes such as from the trial of the Chicago 7. If you want to see something amazing, imagine that on national TV!!! It was on national TV!!!!
Great movie!!!