Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by gware (D) on June 23, 2003 at 22:47:30

In Reply to: I, posted by patrickU on June 23, 2003 at 07:39:14:

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