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Mamma Roma 1962
The charming, sorrowful portrait of Mamma Roma, haunted by the shackles of poverty and the shadows of her living past; a leech that never lets go.
I love the introspective walking shots with the funny/tragic bits of Mamma’s hardly obscuring her looming reality of the night’s hunger..
She works sheerly for the love of her son, who is falling further down the bitter path of resentment and masculinity, having grown up alone and poor in the country side without her.…
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The Laughing Man 1966
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If this isn't damning enough evidence of the truth of western ideology, i don't know what is…
This is the kind of thing that is endlessly argued over but is revealed here, with smile and glee, by one of the notorious nazis involved. just undistilled truth sitting out plain as day.
The Italian filmmaker they referred to, Jacopetti, should have been tried for that Africa Addio film (can't forget "Goodbye Uncle Tom" either!) since he basically waited eagerly for some…
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