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Prima della rivoluzione (1964)
I think this is the kind of movie you either love or hate
I was somewhat reluctant about this film. I felt that I would be disappointed cause The Sheltering Sky (by Bertolucci) is one of my favorite movies. I though that I could never like another film by him. I was wrong. Above all, they are very different films, so let's forget one of them.
I remember when I first saw Fellini's 8 ½, and realizing that one of the reasons I loved it so much was the camera work and especially what you could call as the "relative motion between objects": the way the moon always stays in the same place as the trees pass by when you drive at night. Prima della Revoluzione is rich of beautiful camera work. Bertolucci tried it all, being so young. There are smooth movements like a ballet and stressful agitated shots. I felt humbled and privileged as I saw this film. Apart from more technical aspects, the movie interested me because of the abstract, strange and poetic love story between Gina and young idealist, Fabrizio. It's hard to say if it is love, why it is or not love
Here and there you will find beautiful monologues
I think this will touch everyone who has ever wanted to change the world
even if you have already forgotten those feelings.
Ordet (1955)
a peaceful composition of good acting, great debate and good filming
This film touches religious matters, such as faith and the real meaning of it and on a broader sense it can be a good source for reflection even today as we experience so much disharmony thru out the world because of religious differences. But whether or not you are a believer, no matter what is your religion, your beliefs, this a good film. Why? Because, event if the religious debate of it doesn't interest you much, it is beautifully shot with very simple and yet incredible and gentle camera movements. A careful composition of images, of light and shadow. "Peaceful whites" and quite a good sense of texture like the scenes in the farm's field with the wind passing by. The sets are very human in scale, you feel confortable "inside" them, and the acting is perfect for the mood of the film. I just finished watching it and today is Christmas. It was a special way of starting this day. Impossible for me to get even a fair amount of insight from the first viewing. Don't ask me why but it made me think of "Breaking the Waves" from Lars von Trier...