- Actors: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta
- Directors: Giuseppe Tornatore
- Writers: Giuseppe Tornatore, Vanna Paoli
- Producers: Franco Cristaldi, Gabriella Carosio, Giovanna Romagnoli
- Language English, Italian, Portuguese
- Classification: To be announced
- Studio: Arrow
- VHS Release Date: 21 May 2001
- Run Time: 155 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005954U
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,241 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't just one of those films for people who are already in love with the cinema. But if you are one of those folks, the emotional resonance between the action in Tornatore's world and the images on Noiret's screen will seem all the greater--and the finale all the more powerful. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
As a film and media studies graduate, you are expected to like everything from Eisenstein to Spielberg, but we all have our favourites. This is mine.
It tells the story of a little Italian boy, who becomes obsessed with film through his inquisitive nature and friendship with the local cinema projectionist. This film tells a beautiful story, in the form of a flashback. Very European in that respect but follows a timeline like any other 'mainstream' picture.
This is the longer version of the film, but it is the way that it was meant to be viewed before it was butchered for overseas video release. Despite this butchering, the film went onto win the 1989 oscar for best Overseas movie.
Johnny Vaughan states " If you don't watch this film on your first date, then your'e not serious about love."
Even if you cannot stand films in foreign languages (this being in Italian), just get this film, the story it tells is so beautiful, that it overcomes this obvious barrier to English Speaking Audiences.
Even if you are not a film lover, like myself, just buy this one movie. I'm sure you'll fall in love with it, like I have
Magnifico!
It tells the story of a little Italian boy, who becomes obsessed with film through his inquisitive nature and friendship with the local cinema projectionist. This film tells a beautiful story, in the form of a flashback. Very European in that respect but follows a timeline like any other 'mainstream' picture.
This is the longer version of the film, but it is the way that it was meant to be viewed before it was butchered for overseas video release. Despite this butchering, the film went onto win the 1989 oscar for best Overseas movie.
Johnny Vaughan states " If you don't watch this film on your first date, then your'e not serious about love."
Even if you cannot stand films in foreign languages (this being in Italian), just get this film, the story it tells is so beautiful, that it overcomes this obvious barrier to English Speaking Audiences.
Even if you are not a film lover, like myself, just buy this one movie. I'm sure you'll fall in love with it, like I have
Magnifico!
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is without doubt the best foreign film I have ever seen, with the possible exception of Das Boot (for which the latter falls into a totally different category anyway). Even if you are not facinated by cinema, don't let this put you off, because the shear quality story, acting, direction and romantic passion drive this film like a beautiful Ferarri. The locations are stunning and the story one of the best ever written. If you aren't really keen on films with subtitles. Please give this one a chance, because if any foreign film can sway you to watch more foreign films it is surely this one. It is nostalgic, romantic, beautiful and above all simply perfect. Buy it or rent it now! You will see what I mean.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is the best film I've ever seen - simple as that.
I saw it first in its edited version, and loved it - then I bought the director's cut (50 minutes longer) and after watching it was a bit disappointed ; I didn't have quite the same feeling for Alfredo after seeing the 'consequences' of his actions.
But now on seeing the film again a couple of times, I've come round to the view that the director's cut is really the one to have - after all, that's the way life is for nearly everyone isn't it? Missed opportunities, misunderstandings, maybe even 'cruel to be kind'?
I don't want to spoil it for those unfortunate enough not to have seen this film yet, so I'll go no further, but if you haven't seen it, or think that really MAGICAL films haven't been made since the 50's or 60's or 70's, then go for it - you will keep this film in your collection forevermore.
Citizen Kane? Pah!
I saw it first in its edited version, and loved it - then I bought the director's cut (50 minutes longer) and after watching it was a bit disappointed ; I didn't have quite the same feeling for Alfredo after seeing the 'consequences' of his actions.
But now on seeing the film again a couple of times, I've come round to the view that the director's cut is really the one to have - after all, that's the way life is for nearly everyone isn't it? Missed opportunities, misunderstandings, maybe even 'cruel to be kind'?
I don't want to spoil it for those unfortunate enough not to have seen this film yet, so I'll go no further, but if you haven't seen it, or think that really MAGICAL films haven't been made since the 50's or 60's or 70's, then go for it - you will keep this film in your collection forevermore.
Citizen Kane? Pah!
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