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Whistle Stopper - Cinema Paradiso
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta
Directed By: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302000849
Format: Color
ISBN: 630200084X
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: 1994-12-12
Running Time: 155
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Summary: cinema paradiso
Comment: vhs tape in a very good quality. very happy with the purchase that i made.:)
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Summary: I'm biased
Comment: This was my favorite film before I bought it, and it is still my #1.
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Summary: Another Great Transaction
Comment: As usual my transaction with Amazon was a pleasant experience. The product was ordered, confirmed and received in a timely manner. A tribute to the great service Amazon continues to provide their customers.
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Summary: What's wrong with the new version...
Comment: The undoubted sentimentality of Cinema Paradiso was nicely balanced by the elliptical restraint of the original release; the mundane details of the central tragedy was left unsaid, a teenage love was left unconsummated, (much like the love-stories shown at Cinema Paradiso, thanks to the censoring local priest) deepening Salvatore's loss to the point that it acquired universal application and appeal, and became art.
This courage and restraint has sadly been negated by the addition of the new material, or, more accurately, the material originally deleted. The effect is, to my mind, disastrous, reducing a vibrant, lilting film to a soap-opera which leaves little to the imagination. Now, instead of the poignant yearning of the original we have middle-age stalking, sordid fumbling in a parked car and rehashed declarations of undying love. Fom poetry to tellenovella in one easy step. Che peccato!
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Summary: This is the best movie ever!
Comment: I saw "Cinema Paradiso" more than 30 times. Each time I cry like a baby and each time I like it more. It's the best film I ever saw and I'll be seeing it at least 30 more times. Don't miss it!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't just one of those films for people who are already in love with the cinema. But if you are one of those folks, the emotional resonance between the action in Tornatore's world and the images on Noiret's screen will seem all the greater--and the finale all the more powerful. --Tom Keogh
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