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Anyone familiar with Italian cinema in general? What are some of the must-see movies (from any decade)? I've watched a small chunk going through a dedicated college class but I would like other points of view since there might be some that would trigger Californians.
From what I can remember, I've seen:
La dolce vita
La vita e` bella
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Amarcord
Roma citta` aperta
Riso amaro
La grande bellezza
Uccellacci e uccellini
Il Gattopardo
I soliti ignoti
Ladri di biciclette
Mediterraneo
Matrimonio all'italiana
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▶ No.4900>>4901
Ive only seen giallo and I assume that's not what you meant. If it is, there are a lot of good lists that are really easy to find.
Off topic but maybe ill finally get a good answer, is there a good translation of Part 5? Your horribly retarded wallpaper suggests you might've read it all.
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▶ No.4901>>4926
>>4900
>is there a good translation of Part 5?
I haven't really looked but I doubt it. I forget which other parts but there were some awful translations and it seemed like no one wanted to tread old ground even for quality's sake.
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▶ No.4903
Il conformista is a must see. the cinematography is perfect
I don't really know italian film in any depth so my only other suggestions are just look into the big directors, Fellini is always great (see you have some in your list), Pasolini is good, Bertolucci etc.
like the other guy said, there's guaranteed to be some great lists floating about the web
but above all else, watch Il conformista
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▶ No.4904
I really, really like Rosselini's historical films. You can get a set of all but 1 one of them from Criterion. They go hand in hand with the Pasolini trilogy.
But the reaspn they're so special is because they're completely artless.
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▶ No.4906>>4907 >>4986
Italy had a number of unique genres which typically won't get covered in classes but are fun to explore. There's the aforementioned giallo, spaghetti westerns of course, various types of exploitation (typically gore and/or sex), sword and sandal (peplum), and others.
I'll recommend a couple of Italian police films (aka poliziottesco): Milano Calibro 9 and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion They're among the best of that genre. The second came out on Criterion not too long ago.
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▶ No.4907
>>4906
Thanks, I'll give those a go. As it so happens I've been wanting to watch some cop movies lately.
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▶ No.4926
>>4901
Fuck. Thanks for the quick answer tho.
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▶ No.4971>>4973
You should try some more Italian comedies, OP. They can be pretty funny. Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli are two directors to seek out (if you haven't already).
You'll quickly get to know Vittorio Gassman, who is featured in many of these.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_all%27italiana
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▶ No.4972
RIP Laura Antonelli, who was in this happy little movie by one of Leone's cinematographers. The blasted British censor would not let the DVD pass uncut…
Obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/movies/laura-antonelli-leading-italian-actress-dies-at-73.html
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▶ No.4973
>>4971
Gassman is a pretty cool guy. I loved I soliti ignoti so hopefully I can find more like it. I watched a more recent movie called Johnny Stecchino that I really liked too.
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▶ No.4986>>4987
>>4906
Just dropped in to say it's "poliziesco", not poliziottesco
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▶ No.4987>>4988
>>4986
Hm, I think the other term is more common but I didn't know it was poor usage of Italian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliziotteschi
> Instead the term poliziottesco, a fusion of the words poliziotto ("policeman") and the same -esco desinence, has prevailed (over the more syntactically-correct Poliziesco all'Italiana) to indicate 1970s-era Italian-produced "tough cop" and crime movies. Recurring elements in poliziotteschi films include graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The prevalence of Poliziottesco over Poliziesco all'Italiana closely follows the success of the term Spaghetti Western over Western all'Italiana, being shorter and more vivid.
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▶ No.4988
>>4987
Didn't know about that, maybe it's just how it's pronounced out of Italy, anyway you might enjoy pic related, saw it some time ago, fits the wiki description
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