Grande conjunto de pílulas neo-realistas. O filme consegue passar muito bem a ideia dos conflitos e como eles são sentidos tanto pelos estrangeiros quanto por quem mais sofreu nesse processo, os italianos.
Diversos são os exemplos onde mesmo com a vitória aliada, os efeitos do sacrifício local são maiores e as consequências destes são maiores ainda.
A obra seria então um conjunto de estórias no meio de uma história da libertação italiana, que lógico, não compreende toda a carga dos efeitos do fascismo e põe em lugar a presença alemã como única responsável.

Grande conjunto de pílulas neo-realistas. O filme consegue passar muito bem a ideia dos conflitos e como eles são sentidos tanto pelos estrangeiros quanto por quem mais sofreu nesse processo, os italianos.
Diversos são os exemplos onde mesmo com a vitória aliada, os efeitos do sacrifício local são maiores e as consequências destes são maiores ainda.
A obra seria então um conjunto de estórias no meio de uma história da libertação italiana, que lógico, não compreende toda a carga dos efeitos do fascismo e põe em lugar a presença alemã como única responsável.

Italian movies love having hooker love interests so much

Italian movies love having hooker love interests so much

sitting down to watch this in the theatre I was tired and nearing unconscious, drifting in and out... I thought perhaps I should go home but I thought well I might as well just nap here I've already bought the ticket.

Unlikely as it may seem (1940s neorealist foreign flick), this film (after the 1st episode) began to attune and command my focus. By about 30 mins in I was now wide awake. Throughout the rest of the film my attention neither wavered nor waned; it was as if I had been given a tablet of adderall and a cappuccino. And this was all because of the instant connection which the film produces, its simplicity and atmosphere so romantic and immediate. The Allied liberation of Italy is just one of those settings which is timeless. The natural comedy of the cocksure provincial Americans traversing their way up—encountering the saccharine and carnarding Latins—is instantly clear. Do they come to understand each other by the time the Yankees have routed Fritz to the Alps? Maybe. More so, they have fought together and died together, and they will forever have that bond. What a lovely anthology.

This film more than most must be preserved.

sitting down to watch this in the theatre I was tired and nearing unconscious, drifting in and out... I thought perhaps I should go home but I thought well I might as well just nap here I've already bought the ticket.

Unlikely as it may seem (1940s neorealist foreign flick), this film (after the 1st episode) began to attune and command my focus. By about 30 mins in I was now wide awake. Throughout the rest of the film my attention neither wavered nor waned; it was as if I had been given a tablet of adderall and a cappuccino. And this was all because of the instant connection which the film produces, its simplicity and atmosphere so romantic and immediate. The Allied liberation of Italy is just one of those settings which is timeless. The natural comedy of the cocksure provincial Americans traversing their way up—encountering the saccharine and carnarding Latins—is instantly clear. Do they come to understand each other by the time the Yankees have routed Fritz to the Alps? Maybe. More so, they have fought together and died together, and they will forever have that bond. What a lovely anthology.

This film more than most must be preserved.

ultimately better than the sum of its parts but the episodic structure of this film guaranteed that some would be dull and uninteresting

ultimately better than the sum of its parts but the episodic structure of this film guaranteed that some would be dull and uninteresting

cried in the film history screening yo

cried in the film history screening yo