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Monicelli: The elements of Italian comedy

Senza questi elementi, fame, morte, malattia e miseria noi non potremmo far ridere in Italia.

Mario Monicelli

REVIEWS

Su Re (The King) – Torino 30

Giovanni Columbu directs this artful experimental depiction of Jesus of Nazareth's last day on Earth set in Sardinia with amateur local cast.

Tôkyô Sensô Sengo Hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will on Film, 1970)

Nagisha Ôshima is performing a requiem for Japanese New Wave and he is covering everything, from the sociopolitical changes till his own alienation that he feels as an artist.

The President – Venice 71 Orizzonti

An allegorical political satire by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, that despite the initial absurdity becomes predictable and didactic in a simplistic way.

Pisma Myortvogo Cheloveka (Letters from a Dead Man, 1986)

Konstantin Lopushansky re-creates the post-apocalyptic terror of a nuclear disaster on Chernobyl's aftermath as a Stalker's flip-side.

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

In his sophomore film, Kleber Mendonça Filho penetrates Brazilian falsely beautified society through Sônia Braga's stunning performance.

TagMario Monicelli

Monicelli: The elements of Italian comedy

Su Re (The King) – Torino 30

Tôkyô Sensô Sengo Hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will on Film, 1970)

The President – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Pisma Myortvogo Cheloveka (Letters from a Dead Man, 1986)

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

Introduction to Faces by John Cassavetes

André Bazin: The Ontology of the Photographic Image

Żuławski on pleasing the majority

Pier Paolo Pasolini – Sesso, consolazione della miseria!

Jacques Rivette: Should filmmakers see movies?