"I Vitelloni"... it's hard to get more poetic than this

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I haven's seen it in years, so tonight I finally put that tape in the machine - my wife was temporarily tired of all those politics on TV.
Watching it, I kept thinking about why some films stay with you, while others become dated and lose interest quickly.
I Vitelloni is from the first group... the Clockwork Orange - the second. One film will forever remain a timeless study of human soul, and the other... a pretentious and dated opus, too gratuitous to have any REAL staying power.
Time is merciless, and it sorts the nuggets from sand with deadly precision, but what is left will be with you forever.
You feel almost physical pain and withdrawal when the movie ends - you feel that a part of you has suddenly been cut off, so powerful is its grip, its subtle and oh-so-gentle one, with the usual haunting score and not a single false note either in image or sound.
The tape I hape has awful quality, and I have not been able to locate any better one, so the subs disappear at times, but enough is still there to make you feel you touched the truly big art.
Patrick was supposed to see Rules of the Game tonight. I am envious. I also only have a lousy tape of that one - time to invest in Criterion disc.
After all, what's $27 today? A cost of a trip for two to see the Lord of the Ring.
So, how was it, Petia?

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Topic - "I Vitelloni"... it's hard to get more poetic than this - Victor Khomenko 20:02:45 01/27/04 (8)

Welp, like I said, - rhizomatic 10:38:12 01/28/04 (0)

Re: La Regle du Jeu----------Or the tragedy of the comedy------ - patrickU 08:40:02 01/28/04 (2)

Re: La Regle du Jeu----------Or the tragedy of the comedy------ - Victor Khomenko 09:07:54 01/28/04 (1)

Re: La Regle du Jeu----------Or the tragedy of the comedy------ - patrickU 09:39:50 01/28/04 (0)

And bad poetry, at that. Is this the magnum opus where a bunch of neanderthal - tinear 06:22:56 01/28/04 (3)

Utterly confused liberal mind - Victor Khomenko 07:19:19 01/28/04 (2)

Well, c'mon, not UTTERLY confused, I - tinear 07:35:08 01/28/04 (1)

Re: Well, c'mon, not UTTERLY confused, I - Victor Khomenko 07:50:14 01/28/04 (0)

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