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Umberto L.: Filmography

This film and the word 'Cinema' have been synonyms for a long time while I was a kid. And probably they still are, somehow.

Once Upon a Time in the West
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25 Mar 12
Voyage in Time

A little gem. Very poetic and profound. The scene at the beginning where Guerra receives a phone call from Antonioni (who wanted to say hello to Tarkovsky) made me cry. They don't make intellectuals like these three guys nowadays.

Voyage in Time
25 Mar 12
Nostalghia

A masterpiece that reminded me of two things: 1. When it comes to aesthetics, in classic auteur cinema, there is no director like Tarkovsky 2. When it comes to art, there is no Country as rich of wonderful treasures as the one I live in

Nostalghia
20 Feb 12
Tangled

A true Disney classic.

Tangled
29 Jan 12
Melancholia

2011, a year of Great Cinema.

Melancholia
18 Jan 12
The Artist

The 'other' cinematic experience of the year 2011.

The Artist
18 May 11
The Tree of Life

The best film of the 3rd Millennium so far. Unbelievable.

The Tree of Life
14 May 11
The Thin Red Line

Just finished to re-watch, for the third time in my life. I am devastated. We will see what happens with "The Tree of Life" being released later this month, but what I feel to say at the moment is that the late Terrence Malick (1998-2005) is the close-to-perfection mix of F.W. Murnau and Stanley Kubrick. Great, great, great.

The Thin Red Line
30 Apr 11
White Collar Blues

Together with the follow-up ("Il Secondo Tragico Fantozzi"), a clever and funny picture of the Italian society of the 1970s. Not to be missed.

White Collar Blues
30 Apr 11
We Have a Pope

Good film overall, it reminded me of Marco Ferreri's "Papal Audience". Nice interpretation by Michel Piccoli.

We Have a Pope

Not a masterpiece, yet surely one of the most entertaining films featuring Totò and Peppino De Filippo. A real Italian classic.

Toto, Peppino and the Hussy
20 Mar 11
Hot Fuzz

This is sooo funny! And I loved the Guy Ritchie-style editing... it is just perfect for a British comedy!

Hot Fuzz
14 Mar 11
Spirited Away

Not just the best film by Miyazaki (together with "Howl's Moving Castle"), but also one of the most beautiful animated films that I have ever seen.

Spirited Away
09 Mar 11
Magnificat

Here is something that you don't see very often: a good film featuring an accurate reconstruction of mores and everyday life among the Italic populations of the northern Apennines, halfway between Charlemagne and the turn of the millennium.

Magnificat
06 Mar 11
Nashville

Now, that's a powerful film.

Nashville
01 Mar 11
True Grit

They always clinch it!

True Grit

After watching this, do I still worship "Apocalypse Now"? "... Probably more than ever."

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
26 Jan 11
La ricotta

Pasolini + Welles: all another generation of intellectuals!

La ricotta

One of the peaks of European Cinema. I can't deny that I dreamed of making a picture about the 'homeland' myself. And - even in my dreams - I couldn't conceive anything so beautiful and moving. [P.S. - No wonder that Stanley Kubrick kept a screenshot from this film right on his desk]

Homeland: A German Chronicle
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22 Jan 11
White Heat

This was awesome.

White Heat
19 Jan 11
David Lynch

He and Scorsese: the best American directors alive.

Cast Member Still

One of the most inventive detective-stories ever made and, also, a wonderful Italian classic. Mitico Gian Maria Volonté... grande!

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

I always wanted to watch this and I am still looking forward to. I just can't find it.

Heimat II: A Chronicle of a Generation

I was 14 the first time I watched this. I had to undergo surgery at the time and my father gave me a DVD copy as a present for me. Could you imagine? The directing, the soundtrack, Robert De Niro's state.of-the-art performance... everything amazed me! Guys, I owe a lot to this film.

Once Upon a Time in America

One of the greatest favourites of mine. Emotional like nothing else.

A Day in the Country
11 Jan 11
Lessons of Darkness

Among the things that I like to see in a film there are: 'conquistadores' and oil. Now try to guess why I love Herzog so much...

Lessons of Darkness
11 Jan 11
Last Tango in Paris

A great great great Brando. Loved the fast camera moving as well...

Last Tango in Paris
04 Jan 11
Orson Welles

The 20th Century Leonardo Da Vinci. What else?

Cast Member Still

Awful film featuring a fantastic soundtrack... who doesn't love the album "Discovery"?

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
03 Jan 11
Citizen Kane

After my 10th viewing I am still trying to figure out where did Welles (a 26-year old rising star from the American radio, at the time) get such skillfulness from. A perfect film, on every level.

Citizen Kane