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Cinema Paradiso - The New VersionRating:
Release Date: 18 February, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (6 total) |
Cinema Paradiso - The New Version Reviews
Going beyond perfection
When I first saw Cinema Paradiso back in my college years, I thought that this was one great credit requirement. The film, with its lighthearted yet sublime tone, first stirred my senses to the beauty of Italian cinema-- and you never forget your first time.
Well, after viewing the director's cut (an added 50 minutes of additional footage never seen before), what was thought of as perfect is now nothing short of excellence. I don't want to give out the details of the film as I wouldn't want to spoil the experience for new entrants into the wonderful world of Cinema Paradiso, but the ending simply made it for me. I don't really care how other reviewers responded to the ending, be it "deus ex machina" or "better edited than not," but it came as a heartrending closure of an affair long past-- kind of like making amends with a fallen-out friend.
This DVD is an extremely satisfying movie experience that should be seen by avid filmgoers, enthusiasts, at least once in their lifetime.
Beautiful
This is a beautiful story of the frienship between toto and Alfredo. And its a beautiful lovestory between Elena and toto. I can't decide which of them is more beautiful, but both could not survive together.Its a long movie, but worth every minute. The childhood and adolescence of toto is captured beautifully. But they seem a backdrop against the evolving friendship between him and Alfredo. It is heartbreaking when Elena and toto are separated but when the truth is finally known, one does not not know at who to direct the anger and it simply fizzles out.
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