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Zacca:
For this mounth my best italian movie is La prima cosa bella by Paolo Virzi'
IMO it's a very beautiful comedy-drama movie, but i don't understand if it's a good movie only for italian people(for the memories of 70' 80' italian years)
or for all. I'll wait your comments ;D
deazo:
I have seen this recently:
Les derniers jours du monde
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390405/
End of the world atmosphere, but viewed from a very different angle than the one we are used to.
Made me think a lot on the amount of information I am receiving everyday (RSS feeds, blogs, etc.) and my positioning towards it. What do I really care about?
It can sound pretentious at times (like many French movies) but still, it is a great film.
buah:
June '10
The Trap (2007)
It's definitely that The Trap was better accepted abroad than in Serbia. Perhaps the film is better received there because we are fed up of these issues and the reality of which we witnessed. Strongly recommended especially for those of you who are parents.
Some reactions
--- Quote ---Superb, 18 February 2007
10/10
Author: Paul from Germany
A jewel of a film: the kind that comes perhaps once a year, 13 February 2007
10/10
Author: katchita from Germany
Excellent, very touching in non-pretentious way, 23 November 2007
10/10
Author: daveadams25 from Netherlands
A Great Film, 5 January 2008
10/10
Author: joelhberg from United States
...and the truth taste bitter, 12 January 2008
10/10
Author: Lundegaard-1 from Berlin, Germany
Simply a masterpiece, 28 April 2008
10/10
Author: baituraza from Japan
great film from Serbia, 6 April 2008
9/10
Author: billcr12 from United States
An Intense Psychological Thriller From The Balkans, 19 October 2008
10/10
Author: Seamus2829 from United States
Utterly amazing and horrifying, 26 September 2009
10/10
Author: Michael E. Piston from Mercer Island, WA
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Youtube trailer
buah:
July '10
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
85% Tomatometer
The original title of the movie is "The Powder Keg". And the Balkan it is, that's for sure. If you want to be moved to the core of your being, watch it, and you'll comprehend the original title. Goran Paskaljević, the director, is highly acclaimed European author, especially in France, but not only there. In 2008 his work was subject of retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for a month.
--- Quote ---The best film to come out Yugoslavia in the last 10 years, 14 September 2000
10/10
Author: Alex Zambelli from Seattle, Washington
A great parallel can be made between "Cabaret Balkan" and "A Clockwork Orange". The violence in both movies is not the theme - it's merely an extreme way of proving an important point.
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--- Quote ---Details are important, 28 August 2001
10/10
Author: henri_aqua from Germany
A masterpiece
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--- Quote ---This cabaret is the darkest one yet. Not for the faint of heart, but powerful nonetheless., 30 September 2000
Author: (grob248@aol.com) from Los Angeles, USA
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--- Quote ---the bombs inside of you are gonna explode..., 24 February 2000
9/10
Author: madaisy from Italy
A great movie. Someone should surely dislike it, but surely it will be impressed in your head and heart like the explosion of millions of bombs...a bang in my heart, absolutely stupend and upsetting...the bombs are inside of everyone, ready to explode and destroy your minds and bodies.
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--- Quote ---unbelievable, 4 March 1999
Author: andres7 from Boston, MA
There are so few movies out there of this caliber.
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--- Quote ---A devastating but hugely important film, 7 May 1999
10/10
Author: angel-113 from Verona, Italy
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--- Quote ---Anger and Despair, 12 May 2002
7/10
Author: Madja from Harare, Zimbabwe
Now, few words on other users' comments.
I just can't agree with the users saying that this is about the Serbs, or about the Serbs at that very moment in their history, about the guilt or something else.
I also find it very shallow to think that the movies coming from Serbia should portrait the Serbs the way they are. Movies, as any other form of art are there to show some thoughts, some emotions which the author needs to express. Should we say that 'Clockwork Orange' is a bad movie for portraying Brits in such a way? Or should we think of all Americans as the Dumb and the Dumber?
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buah:
Zacca,
I watched Baaria (Bagheria :)) and it's really amazing how many well known actors took cameos in it. It is really amazing how Tornatore managed to show us urban development of Baaria through the decades. And the feeling I got was that it was so personal movie that means a lot to Tornatore himself. The final scene made me goose bumped.
Deazo,
Is there any chance to find English subtitles for The Last Days of the Earth?
Btw, last night I've seen Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas, and it blew me away. Must a see!
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