list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Ossessione on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Ossessione/25734/default.aspx Title: Ossessione
Year: 1943
Director: Luchino Visconti
Plot: Often considered one of the first examples of Italian neo-realism, Luchino Visconti's first film was this adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy novel The Postman Always RingsTwice, which would also be made twice in the US, first in 1946 with Lana Turner and John Garfield and then in 1981 with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. Massimo Girotti stars as a drifter named Gino, who gets a job at a provincial inn. The handsome wanderer attempts to resist the advances of Giovanna (Clara Calamai), the estranged wife of nasty innkeeper Bragana (Juan De Landa), but he eventually gives in. Gino then allows her to talk him into killing Bragana to get the insurance money, with predictable results. Although the melodramatic story is a far cry from the post-war social statements of such later neorealist classics as Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City (1945) and Vittorio DeSica's Bicycle Thieves (1948), the movie began to feature some of neo-realism's defining characteristics: above all, an emphasis on outdoor shooting and natural light and a relentless focus on the lives of the poor. Ossessione caused a sensation not just because of its lurid subject matter but also because Visconti's realist style makes you practically feel the heat and dirt and sweat of the film's environment. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:39:05 GMTOssessione1943Luchino ViscontiOften considered one of the first examples of Italian neo-realism, <a href="/players/P___115512/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Luchino Visconti</a>'s first film was this adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy novel The Postman Always RingsTwice, which would also be made twice in the US, first in 1946 with <a href="/players/P____72175/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lana Turner</a> and <a href="/players/P___187968/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Garfield</a> and then in 1981 with <a href="/players/P___104455/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jack Nicholson</a> and <a href="/players/P____40447/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jessica Lange</a>. <a href="/players/P____27121/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Massimo Girotti</a> stars as a drifter named Gino, who gets a job at a provincial inn. The handsome wanderer attempts to resist the advances of Giovanna (<a href="/players/P____10225/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clara Calamai</a>), the estranged wife of nasty innkeeper Bragana (Juan De Landa), but he eventually gives in. Gino then allows her to talk him into killing Bragana to get the insurance money, with predictable results. Although the melodramatic story is a far cry from the post-war social statements of such later neorealist classics as <a href="/players/P___109008/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Roberto Rossellini</a>'s Rome Open City (1945) and Vittorio DeSica's Bicycle Thieves (1948), the movie began to feature some of neo-realism's defining characteristics: above all, an emphasis on outdoor shooting and natural light and a relentless focus on the lives of the poor. Ossessione caused a sensation not just because of its lurid subject matter but also because Visconti's realist style makes you practically feel the heat and dirt and sweat of the film's environment. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)34http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t19315ikfa1.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Ossessione/25734/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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