Wertmuller is amazing
Added 7/22/2009
Director Lina Wertmuller's provocative film takes the class struggle to a desert island where only the man and the woman exist. Wertmuller's scenario is that of the man assuming the role of ruler and the woman one of worker-slave, and this becomes a love relationship. Naturally, the man is the one most reluctant to go back to the society where he is worker-slave and the woman is ruler over him! The black humor is wonderful because it is visual, via the camera angles and shots, and it is beautifully filmed. I'm afraid the new version, from what I've heard,(and I will not pay to see it)meddles with the ending and hence changes the meaning of the film. With a world-class filmmaker like Lina Wertmuller, why fix what isn't broke and do a remake of a perfectly fine work of art?
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swept away
Added 6/8/2009
the swept away movie i ordered was advertised as being dubbed w/ english but was acutally in italian w/ english subtitles? i decided it wasn't worth doing anything about but it would have been nice if they had got it right. thanks for listening
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Excellent
Added 4/29/2009
Considering this was a reduced price item and used, I would have never known. When they say as new, they mean it. Thanks for this service, I will use it all the time. Movie was excellent!
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I don't like this version of the script.
Added 4/4/2009
Several versions of this story are out there. In this film the sailor treats the helpless female brutally and she learns to like it. I wasn't aware that the film is in a foreign language with sub-titles. The price on this item is much too high- don't buy.
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3 stars out of 4
Added 2/3/2009
The Bottom Line:
The politics are outdated and the main characters are awful hard to like, but this tale of two disparate people pushed together by fate is always interesting and quite memorable; avoid the remake and see this engaging Italian film instead.
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Wertmuller is amazing
Added 7/22/2009
Director Lina Wertmuller's provocative film takes the class struggle to a desert island where only the man and the woman exist. Wertmuller's scenario is that of the man assuming the role of ruler and the woman one of worker-slave, and this becomes a love relationship. Naturally, the man is the one most reluctant to go back to the society where he is worker-slave and the woman is ruler over him! The black humor is wonderful because it is visual, via the camera angles and shots, and it is beautifully filmed. I'm afraid the new version, from what I've heard,(and I will not pay to see it)meddles with the ending and hence changes the meaning of the film. With a world-class filmmaker like Lina Wertmuller, why fix what isn't broke and do a remake of a perfectly fine work of art?
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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swept away
Added 6/8/2009
the swept away movie i ordered was advertised as being dubbed w/ english but was acutally in italian w/ english subtitles? i decided it wasn't worth doing anything about but it would have been nice if they had got it right. thanks for listening
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Excellent
Added 4/29/2009
Considering this was a reduced price item and used, I would have never known. When they say as new, they mean it. Thanks for this service, I will use it all the time. Movie was excellent!
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