Truly beautiful film in many ways. The score is lovely, and the performances by Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi and Philippe Noiret are really good. Emotionally powerful, this film is constantly pulling on your heartstrings. My only problem was the dubbing, it made the movie feel sort of fake. The scene with the projection on the building and the one with the montage at the end are breath-taking.
You have not lived until you've seen this Cinema Paradiso. A beautiful, romantic, dramatic, melancholic look at classic film. Touching and greatly acted. Its amazing, thats all.
They say not availble on DVD but it is..I just watched it on DVD. Good film just really really really long. So be prepared to sit for a really really long time.
i cried like a baby, a big sobbing slobbering baby, cant believe ive just seen this now, apart from the classic look of the film it really has a wonderful heart wrenching story, great chemistry between the actors, one of my favourite movies ever
Let me state, first of all, that I believe it's a beautiful movie, to which every hearted movie junkie can love and appreciate. The plot's simple: a boy falls in love with movies, and develops his love throughout time, while keeping a beautiful friendship with the projectionist of the local movie theather. The magic of this film is the charm of getting identified with the characters, their happiness and their sorrows, and their ultimate loyalty to cinema. Besides a tender story, which balances humor and nostalgia, there's the gorgeous score by Ennio Morricone, (my favorite of his), which has the magic of supporting the image and story. This is a wonderful celebration to cinema, and honors everything that makes me stay in love with movies.
wat an amazin film!!! i 2 jst luv filmmaking so this film... wood naturally be wonderful!! all the actors that played toto were excellent...but the standout wood the young fella he was sublime!!! although quite long 2 hrs 50 mins this film keeps u enthalled!!! top stuff well deserved of the 1989 best foreigh pic award!!!
Despite the fact that this is one of the best endings to a movie I've ever seen, I do not feel as strongly about the rest of the movie. This is a nice story, albeit it is a bit dragged out and at times lacks focus. The score is just perfect, and the ending ties everything together nicely. However, "Life Is Beautiful", another Italian made character study, is simply a superior film.
This film is for all movie lovers. It has tonnes of movie references. It's all about love - towards movie, towards friends, towards one's own lover and memory. It will make you happy, sad, laugh, cry and inspired. The nice film score will make you indulge in and enjoy it. The ending is one of the most moving scenes, I can even say, in the cinema history.
"Sei felice?". This movie gets richer every time I watch it. Divided into three chapters, the audience is practically presented the life of Salvatore de Vita: growing up as a little kid enchanted with cinema, in his teens allured by a blue-eyed goddess and as a successful professional forced to face a past that he's running away from. The scope of this film is epic, as it tries to condense a whole life into a three hour film but Tornatore does it with ease. The first two chapters were presented as if it was pulled out from a Fellini film, full of caricatures that the audience will eventually fall in love with. I particularly liked that long prologue before Tornatore casts his darker, more sinister purpose on the last chapter. A movie that starts off as romantic, it elevates itself as it focuses on the more complicated aspects of life and certain what-ifs we eventually carry with us as we grow older. Accompanied by the mesmerisingly magnificent score of Ennio Moriconne, Tornatore has created a film that every film lover will love. It is a love story of a boy and his movies. Bellissimo.
Definitely a new favourite. Cinema Paradiso is a movie full of magic and strong feelings. It never fails to transmit all those emotions shown by the characters. It may seem to be a simple film with a simple story but there is so much beyond all that. It deals with the loosing of love ones in the war, censorship at the cinema, the need to leave home hoping to be someone, and the moemories that never ever leave us. Such a marvellous and beautiful film! One of the biggest musts!
a very moving piece of filmaking. easily touching every person's childhood dream of breaking out of the confines of a diminutive world. a must-see for movie lovers here on flixster... I'm sure a lot of people here can relate to the story.
Si no te gusta esta película no te gusta el cine, así de claro. La historia de Salvatore y Alfredo es una de las mas bellas que jamás antes haya visto.
Que bonita peli! Toto es lo maximo de niño y de ruco, pero siento que la cagaron con el wey al que le dieron el papel de joven. Alfredo... aww,es que no lo puedo creer. Es una muy bella pelicula de cultura general que todo mundo debe ver y amar.
Generally an excellent and poignant film. Go for the gift box only if you want a few postcards and Food Networks Michael Chiarello's CA/Yuppie popcorn and pizza recipe's
one of the best films of all time! director giuseppe tornatore did a magnifying work! this film ia a lot better than titanic in all aspects, a lot better in fact. those who haven't watched this film would be somehwat a waste.
The most touching film I've ever seen. A movie for those who love movies. Funny, sad, romantic, and honest. One of the only movies to ever make me shed a tear. A masterpiece!
From September, 1962 to June, 1980 I lived in the small town of Henryetta, Oklahoma. Sometime around 1968 or '69 I started going to the movies at what was then known as the Blaine Theater. As theaters go, it wasn't a large place but, to me, it was a palace. By the late 60's the old movie house was already in decline but you could tell by the ornamental plaster and cobweb covered guild that it was once quite a showplace. Built sometime in the 1920's, it had been a stop on the vaudeville circuit. It still had some of the trappings of the era with it's elevated stage and exposed riggings.
My time there began with films like Support Your Local Sheriff, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Million Dollar Duck. There was stale popcorn, flat soda, and smuggled chocolate. Every feature was preceded by a cartoon, divided by an intermission, and capped off with a stomachache.
As I grew older I went less with my mother and more with my friends. Sometimes I even went alone. I saw True Grit there in '69, Willy Wonka in '71 and The Biscuit Eater in '72. Once, my brother & sister and I were dropped off for an afternoon matinee and we were the ONLY people in the entire theater (in case you're wondering, it was Barbara Streisand's Hello Dolly). In time the Blaine became more known for its torn seats, stained screen and the occasional rat that would scurry over your foot. Eventually the place was closed down. It reopened later as the Cine' 2, a two-screen mini-plex, but that too soon closed. Today, the place is little more than an eyesore on the south side of Main Street.
If this all sounds like an Americanized, hillbilly version of Cinema Paradiso then I've made my point. If there's an ounce of cinemaphile in you then you should do more than just see this film. You should own it. Treasure it. Share it.
This movie, somehow every single time I have watched it, reminded me of I Girasoli. Of course this movie does not have Mastroianni or Sofia Loren, but relations bewteen Toto and Alfredo through movies at different stages of their lifes are in a sense richer than any nostalgic movies I have ever seen. The scores and old ciname scenes just made me a part of the movie. This is nothing but a master piece and has been and most likely will be one of my best movies ever.
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