Golden Door (2007)

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Golden Door
by MovieBabe in MovieBabe Blog

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"By Tricia Olszewski Golden Door is a story of hope that’s often freighted with a sense of hopelessness. Italian writer-director Emanuele Crialese’s portrait of transatlantic emigration at the turn of the 20th century focuses on the journey rather than the arrival, depicting the bleak conditions that the Mancusos, a poor Sicilian family gambling on a move to the New World, must endure if they want their stab at the American dream. The problem is that some of them seem to be questioning whether they do in fact want it every step of the way: Transported on an overloaded wagon to the ship, they and their fellow Italians shiver against a ruthless wind. They’re then herded through an assembly line of doctors while shrill charlatans try to force them to buy miraculousl all-purpose products. Then it’s off to the boat’s chambers, which are stacks of casket-size beds that guarantee you’ll get to know your neighbor. Throughout the film, the masses are lit ... " [More]

Golden Rules
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"Charlotte Gainsbourg in the poignant Golden Door By Michelle Orange And so it begins. I can’t think of a better kick-off for both the festival and my review coverage than the Golden Door, Emanuele Crialese’s heartfelt and affecting look at the emigration process (the title refers to Emma’s Lazarus’ famous reference to the golden door at Ellis Island) over 20 million people went through between 1890 and 1930. Before making the short trip across the river (and almost directly into what is now the Tribeca neighborhood) new citizens went through an (often absurdly) rigorous protocol of exams, paperwork and acclimation while in limbo at Ellis Island. My great-grandfather (and very probably yours, as 40 percent of Americans can draw their ancestry directly through Ellis Island), a southern Italian, made the trip at around the same time as the Sicilian family in The Golden Door, and Crialese’s attention to both recreating the boat passage and Ellis Island itself is wondrous in its deta ... " [More]

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