Reviews by fernando

Peck's character is OK and his ideological republican leftist antu chucrch 'machismo', is understandable in opposition to Sharif's. But for some moments it lacks espontainety and is too calculated. The opposition to Quinn is a bit manichea.

One of Ritt's best films. The composition of landscape with black people always crossing it with effort (running or walking limp as üal Winfield and dog Sounder) and the wise protagonism of Sounder as the pet an companios the absorvs the sadness of tha family condition and even hope.

Germi´s last film goes, again, arround marriage, infidelity, divorce and freedom from social chains. This time is less funny, has Hoffman's voice in off (dubbed, of course) and aninteresting attempt to make Stefania a hideous streghe.

More subject than film. Cavani´s goes for an intellectual alibi to explore perversions (including homsexuality as the most diabolic, that ends with Paul Ree's life, but it is also occasion for a sexy homoballet and a sexier nude in a windy Venice). Virna Lisi is ok as histerical and repressed Nietzsches sister.

Hommage to teacher´s vocation against publicity in prosperous Milano. Tha paralell story of platonic love between teacher Billi and gorgeous Lise Borudin (I like Billi´s shyness repressing him to use a bathing suit) reinforces in a a curious way the main plot.

So vital and fast and moving. Blasetti keeps their non professional in an incredible pace. Even when they rationalize and discuss and claim for understanding are in the brink of anguish. Carmela is the heart of the film,pazza d'amore, but Antonio is the body.

The best of the sketches is 'Scena al aperto', impecable, well constructed, you hace the parafernalia of a Cinecittá tournage, then everuthing is depurated to find these decadent pair, De Sica and cegani, acting all without telling the obvious. I like Delorme´s Mara,tne napolitan sketch is too Naples, nice to meet Padovani in 'Il pupo'.

Minor great film. I love Stoppa going from the light comedy of seduction to the resignation of the adventure and life next to her sister in law. He is better than Sordi because comedy is where he reaches from bad temper, Sordi goes everywhere fron high key comedy. Silvana resumes all the acceotions of bella roma (city, flesh, love, seduction, temptation).

Moreau is great. Cannes was wright giving her Palme D'or for best actress. Brook is far form theatre, taking advantage of scope, following Moreau and Belmondo walking as in a Antonioni film, la mise a scene d'un Resnais avec texte du Duras, voice in off trés francaise. But the close ups of migranious Jeanne and her final cry, are excellent.

Lang moves as fish in the water in the big scope and the conventions of adventure films with boy and rogues. Granger is great as king of smugglers with a romantic hidden past. He goes, reluctantly, for redemtion in the name of it and not just for little Jon Whiteley. Lindfors is pretty and sexy, but Liliane Montevecchi is sexier dancing flamenco.