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In Reply to: Second time's a disaster: "Sunshine." posted by tinear on June 23, 2003 at 06:48:30:
Have it on my shelve unopened.
I saw it one time, and I could agree as far as I remember with quite a few of your comment.
But ONE this I do want to straight out is the fact that this film gives an perfect picture of the life and doing of Jewish families in this three generations life time.
And that is a big achivment. The raison d´ętre of this flm. Even the only one but a very valid one.
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it shows Italy moving from a feudal system of principalities, through Fascism/WW-2 to the Communism Red flag vs. Democracy that's hinted at in the final scene Through all these upheavals, the Patrone remain the Patrone, and the man in the street is left clutching the same old Brass ring
1900 took 6 years to film, with an inevitable toll on continuity, but it is multi-layered, and stands head and shoulders over most attempts at period drama
De Niro has never been more flakey, Donald Sutherland has never been more wicked than as the Black shirt
I think it's clever
Eric
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