THE TOP FOUR ITALIAN DIRECTORS OF THE 1960’S CREATE A TECHNICOLOR PASTICHE ENTITLED “BOCACCIO 70” WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING FILM STARS OF EUROPEAN CINEMA…sounds like a “meringue a quatre” to be seen and discussed by a bunch of well intentioned cinematikeros with a sharp eye and good sense of humor…
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- Aloha Cinematikeros !!! …how are you doing ?…my hope for all of us is that in this imposed state of siege called quarentine we are learning on how to sharpen our best human and survival qualities !!!…this too shall pass and we’ll see each other on the other side of paradise !!! with love and Aloha…JJ….
- HEADS UP ! …FOR MONDAY MARCH 16, 2020…
- ***MONDAY March 16th, 2020 *** Loro*** DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino*** INTERPRETED BY: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci and Riccardo Scamarcio
- ***MONDAY March 9th, 2020 *** The Best of Youth*** DIRECTED BY: Marco Tullio Giordana*** INTERPRETED BY: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni and Jasmine Trinca
- ***MONDAY March 2nd, 2020 *** The Best of Youth*** DIRECTED BY: Marco Tullio Giordana*** INTERPRETED BY: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni and Jasmine Trinca
Last week’s Boccacio ’70 has been drifting in and out of my thoughts this week and I just want to share a brief comment. I wonder if the shared sense of impatience/boredom with the film was simply (and understandably) a reaction to the simplistic/one dimensionality of the “point” of each of the pieces? What we may have taken as the writer/director’s lack of imagination/”sleeping at the wheel”, etc. may have been a result of a too conscientious attempt to simulate Boccacio’s one-dimensional, parable-like stories. When we “sophisticated” aesthetes are looking for complexity/nuanced character/plot development…we are naturally impatient with a story/character who “doesn’t go anywhere” eg., the newlyweds interminable search for privacy, the monotonous fundamentalist and the cartoonish Madonna/whore, the mis-used wife’s endless non-seduction/seductions, the boorish workmen and the out-of-reach Venus. What if the creators weren’t going for depth/layers/ambiguity…but, rather, were attempting truths cloaked as clichés? Just wondering…??? I would be interested to hear other’s reactions/responses…as I felt that despite its flaws the film deserved a bit more attention…
Many thanks to all for welcoming me to the wonderful Cinematikki!!
Carolyn Coudert (an appreciative visitor)
This is exactly what happens to/with me…on monday nights, after the film i have an instant reaction about how i feel and then the next morning and/or the following days my mental screen keeps on running and processing images, scenes, dialogue, music and ideas that make the film richer than i thought at the beginning…
Thank you Carolyn for your comment and educated perspective…
J.J.