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Michael Harbour
19Jan12
Consistently beautiful and interesting composition and staging. Completely unengaging on an emotional level. I found myself often appreciative of what I was seeing but caring not at all about what I was watching.
TheUnknownYeti
11Nov11
I just saw this earlier at an Italian Film Festival here in Manila and Dominique Sanda was there to discuss her experience filming with Bernando Betrolucci. Definitely a great film, I really enjoyed it, great cinematography.
Lu Andreas
14Sep11
Blindman with two different shoes scene - unforgettable. This one and Novecento are my personal favourites.
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răpciune
19Aug11
such a waste of time. why attempt carve the rushmore with the spoon? for the sake of it. that is what bertoluuci does in this movie. all the mobilised efforts fall somewhere in a void where useless spectacle strides in an airless aquarium. less unbearable than novecento though.
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Tara Violet
31Jul11
a masterpiece. there are so many elements at play here-the dark comedy rooted from Marcello's wife (and her naivete), the tragic drama of the plot, the film noir-esque look and suspense. the cinematography and art direction were marvels and made the film an utter visual feast and the characters (and actors of course) riveted me. the scene in the woods will be forever imprinted in my memory-such sad beauty
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Django
18Dec10
One of the biggest visual treats I have ever seen, I do love this film, but something is missing and I can't put my finger on it. Trintignant is fantastic, the blind birthday party is a classic, but when Dominique Sanda appears, something about her just throws me headlong into the 1970's and I can't get back into the film as I did prior. I just feel she was cast because she looks lovely but that's about it. Hmm.
Katia Baghai
10Aug10
Psychology of a Liberal Fascist BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI’S “CONFORMIST” (1971) When we think about “fascists” we imagine an authoritarian person who crudely believes in extremist political doctrine. But what about the polite, delicate, tolerant and rational fascists? Do they exist? Bertolucci’s “Conformist” shows a person with a liberal sensibility, intellectual sophistication and existential taste as a collaborator with a despotic and ruthless political power and analyzes the reasons for this spiritual surrender (including not so much sexual traumas from his childhood [although represented quite elaborately and meaningfully] as a dream about social recognition as an ultimate proof of personal value). According to Bertolucci, inferiority complex feeds conformism. Find the article about Marcello Clerichi and his personal and social relations “Psychology of Conformism during Totalitarian Historical Periods”(posted in Sept., 2009) [including the analysis of screen shots from Bertolucci’s film at: www.actingoutpolitics.com By Victor
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Stephen Campbell
15Jul10
Probably my favourite Bertolucci film and the one which bought him to international fame. All the performances are spot on and Vittorio Storao's camera work gives the film a high gloss sheen . One to saivour
Charles Deckert
15Jun10
A great film involving sex, death and the rigidly destructive power of one man's personal fascism.
