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"“Yo, Steve, you got any movies, my dude?” One of the youngbloods, a relatively new arrival here at the halfway house, is standing by my bunk with a look of desperation. It’s Sunday afternoon and he’s too broke to do anything but languish in here with us old timers. I slide my pile of Brooklyn Public Library DVD’s over for his perusal. After scanning the titles for a moment, he grimaces sadly and says, “I meant good movies.” “There’s some good movies in there.” He squinted at one box: “McCabe and Mister Miller? 1971? Man, I was born in 1983. Why would I wanna watch some wild west crazy shit made when I wasn’t even around?” “Movies ain’t newspapers, youngblood. You’re missing out.” “The old black and white Casablanca stuff y’all watch… nah, man, thanks, I’ll pass.” I returned to the portable DVD player on my lap, to Carnival of Souls. I didn’t mean to lie to the young man– movies are newspapers, produced in a frenetic daily grind, stuffed with advertising, distributed in a blitz as f ... "
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"Renzo & Luciana (1962)- the first “short” film of Boccacio 70 Director- Mario Monticelli The cinematography of Renzo & Luciana is impressive. Colors, camera movement, and framing describe the director's cinematic intelligence. The plot is less impressive than the cinematography, but it is not a bad plot. The story follows a hastily married couple who struggle with financial difficulties. Work is scarce, and the marriage puts them at risk of losing their jobs. The marriage does not solve problems; it is difficult to raise money for a house, etc. The couple struggles through, and ends on a depressing note of years of financial debt and conflicting job hours. The two will have to work for years without seeing each other in order to manage the finances. It is bad that the two will never enjoy "
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"This is a huge, four hour anthology film that became the hightest grossing film in Italy's history. It united three acclaimed Italian filmmakers (Fellini, Visconti and De Sica) and one promosing newcommer with a hit under his belt (Mario Monicelli). The link between all the segments is that they are all comedies based on short stories by the 14th century writer Giovanni Bocaccio, although Kristen and I couldn't figure out what the seventy refers to as the film is not seventy minuets long, was not made in 1970, and that number has no special signifance in the film. The other common thread is that all of the segments have been updated to the present. "Renzo and Luciana" by Mario Monicelli *** This cute segment stars Marisa Solinas and Gemano Giloili as a couple who fell in love at work, but are hiding there relationship from Luciana's parents and her employer. There's not much substance here but it's a slightly charming most of the way, although I sure didn't need those shots of ... "
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