Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

krocheav Bertolucci again shows he is simply following in the footsteps of his earlier mentor Pasolini. Both these Italians continually proved they were little more than makers of perverse movies - displaying a heavy leaning towards paedophilia, obscenity obsessed sexuality and ugly violence. This offering from Bertolucci grinds in at a stupefying 317mins! with even the 247min version seeming to be endlessly overblown. In typical Italian production style it occasionally sounds and looks cheap (even with Vittorio Storaro behind camera). This ultimately shallow glimpse at fascism v/s communism in the early half of the 20th cent - busies itself with superficial situations and characters of very limited interest. Glorified violence against people and animals combined with sensationalised perverse sexual details are placed above any serious historical influences - culminating in dummying down the supposedly 'important' outcome. This elephantine movie basically ends up being little more than simplistic hate revenge & grotty games being played by a typically overrated movie maker with delusions of grandeur. The big cast is nothing more than a hook for international audiences and many performances are sub-standard. Strictly for those with a 'bent' towards these types of over-ripe productions (also wastes a score by Morricone)

sllaw_hguorht OK first of all this movie is like three f###ing hours long. I've read stuff on the internet, and I know that there are different cuts of this movie and some are longer and some are shorter. But just know that this movie is like three f###ing hours long. That's like, almost more like a mini-series. Which, cool, or whatever, but just, like know that that's what you're f###ing committing to. Pretty much right away this movie reveals to you that it's going to be one of those edgy Italian movies that is gonna show you some f###ed up s##t but then be serious enough that you feel like it's a means of artistic expression, and not, you know, spectacle. Right away there's a scene with kids making fun of some woman giving birth. Whatever. It's a costume drama, you're trying to tell me that things used to be grittier and more real and s##t. Cool, I get it. But then there's like, a kid that lays under a train, and you can tell from the shot that they really got someone to lay under a train. Great, awesome. And then these kids show each other their dicks, and suddenly you're watching a movie where kids are showing each other their dicks. Great. Awesome. Thank you so much, movie. Why did I torrent this again?There are boobs, eventually. So it's this long drawn out thing. It's two dudes, and one is a peasant and one is an aristocrat, and it's their biography, with the politics and class struggle of Italy writ large as the backdrop to their relationship over the course of like five decades. That's pretty cool. This movie also likes to show lots of old people with weathered faces and dying animals and meat. Again, great and awesome. And also there's this scene where some old man massages a horse's b###hole and you watch the poop coming out of it's butt. But, I mean you're the one who wanted to watch a f###ing 70s Italian movie, I'm not sure what you were expecting. I saw online someone said that this was like the Gone With the Wind of Italy.

Jackson Booth-Millard I knew that this was listed in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, I didn't realise however it was going to be so long, so I watched it as soon as I could so not to risk dozing off, from director Bernardo Bertolucci (Little Buddha, Stealing Beauty). Basically this film follows the life of two men born in the same year, 1900, the beginning of the 20th Century, in Italy, and sees their life going through the years up to 1945. Olmo Dalcò (Gérard Depardieu) was born a bastard of peasant stock with his grandfather Leo (The Asphalt Jungle's Sterling Hayden), Alfredo Berlinghieri (Robert De Niro) was born in a family of landowners with abusive but populist grandfather, also named Alfredo (Burt Lancaster). Despite the social differences, Olmo and Alfredo become childhood friends, Olmo growing to enlist for the army in World War I, Alfredo learning about the landowning business, and their friendship continues when brought together again. Fascism is becoming rife in many people, including sadistic hired foreman Attila Mellanchini (Donald Sutherland), who tortures and kills animals and people, but don't worry, he gets what he deserves eventually. The 1920's begin, and both the men get married, Alfredo to gorgeous Ada Fiastri Paulhan (Dominique Sanda) who develops alcoholism, and Olmo to Anita (Anna Henkel) who dies during childbirth. Of course World War II begins as the 1940's come along, and the two friends in the older age seem to have parted their ways, and brought back together they do not see eye to eye, and in the end Olmo witnesses Alfredo killing himself. Also starring Stefania Sandrelli as Anita Foschi, Alida Valli as Signora Pioppi and Laura Betti as Regina. Both De Niro and Depardieu give credible leading performances, Sutherland is extraordinary as the evil character, and Lancaster gets his time too, there are certainly some eye catching moments and memorable scenes, despite it being five hours and seventeen minutes long, it is I suppose worth it, a most watchable epic period drama. Very good!

Bardotsalvador This is one of my favorite movie is very long about 6 hours but its so good that you don't care i saw this movie the first time in in a revival movie house in New York City i love the movie from beginning to end is a masterpiece ,plus is the wonderful Dominique Sanda one of the most beautiful and talented actress in the world , plus Laura Betti a great actress she play the fascist wife of Donald Sutherland both are evil and perfect in their part plus Burt Lancaster never been better than here evil rich old man , Robert de Niro and Gerad Depardieu i am not a fan of either one are good here, Stephanie Sandrelli a great Italian movie star is good too , don't miss the movie i know is very long but you will not mine just go with the emotion and the time in history plus remember is Dominique Sanda in this movie