Tag Archives: Sophia Loren

war and love (film: I girasoli – Vittorio De Sica, 1970)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

‘I girasoli‘ (‘Sunflower‘ in the English release), Vittorio De Sica‘s 1970 film, is a film that is impossible to judge outside of its historical context. Actually I should say its historical contexts. The film is a war melodrama, the story … Continue reading →

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historical entertainment (film: Madame Sans Gêne – Christian-Jaque, 1961)

Posted on October 10, 2023 by admin

Those who wish to watch a good early 60s historical entertainment can look for ‘Madame Sans Gêne‘, the 1961 film by Christian-Jaque. The historical character of the laundress in revolutionary Paris who married one of Captain Bonaparte’s sergeants and became … Continue reading →

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between Hitchcock and James Bond (film: Arabesque – Stanley Donen, 1966)

Posted on February 7, 2023 by admin

‘Arabesque‘ (1966) was produced and directed by Stanley Donen for Universal studios, but it belongs to the director’s ‘English period’, i.e. the decade in which Donen crossed the Atlantic the opposite way to that of Hitchcock and settled in England … Continue reading →

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