AN ODE TO CINEMA & A
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
"A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist."
Alfredo: Living here day by day, you think it's the center of the world. You believe nothing will ever change. Then you leave: a year, two years. When you come back, everything's changed. The thread's broken. What you came to find isn't there. What was yours is gone. You have to go away for a long time... many years... before you can come back and find your people. The land where you were born. But now, no. It's not possible. Right now you're blinder than I am.
Salvatore: Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?
Alfredo: No, Toto. Nobody said it. This time it's all me. Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.
Now before i start on the lauding,approbations,cheering,rooting,hand-clapping & standing ovations for the movie & Giuseppe Tornatore[Director,Writer,Screen-Play] i would like you all to see the Awards this Cinema's Magnum Opus gathered when it 1st released in 1988-1989.
The movie travels in flashback where this man "Salvatore'Toto'De Vita" recalls the incidents which carved an eternal stamp of Holy Memories on heart as a boy,his fascination with the whole concept of movies,the man [Alfredo] who though being the age of his father,finds the best friend in Tito[this boy] & vice-versa,teaches him all bout Projections,handling reels & organising a show[most of which the keen young Tito learns on his own] & his childhood love which has anyone ever been able to forget???
The movie gradually grows upon you & just during the 1st 15-20 mins only you start to realize it wasen't at all a mistake to view this Foreign Language Movie with subtitles on this cool Saturday evening.
I could relate to this movie a lot being a Die Hard,ardent,zealous fan of Cinema & the whole concept of Movie making.Moreover this movie happened @the perfect of times,around 50 days before i start with my Media studies on the same.Its a fact though that the younger u may be the more you are gonna enjoy this movie & when u mature up its would be again a Tribute to those young innocent days.On the contrary if like me you end up watching it@ an age when you are mature enough[am i] it would be a straight Question to your ownselves[Why Didn't I Watch It Earlier] & then when u age up[50s-60s],u can again relive your life in those 122 minutes & fall in love with the beauty,simplicity & sheer sweetness of this movie.
After a long time,i have seen a movie which would be loooooooved by all,the masses,classes,young,teenage,old,cinema lovers,Dreamers,Itilians[of-course],Americans,Africans,Asians & all form of Human Beings created by
The Almighty.
Watch it for Yourself..& relive your life once again,this time through 'Giuseppe Tornatore's eyes but the Dreams would be yours.
The Best Movie Of Ma Life Along Wit:
Scent Of A Woman
The Green Mile
It's A Wonderful Life
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Life Is Beautiful
The Terminal
&
Woh Lamhe.
& definately among ma All Time Top 3 infact @ the very Top.....
MOVIE OF MA LIFE....... "TO CHILDHOOD.....TO CINEMA & TO ALL THOSE DREAMS WHICH GOD BEING THERE WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE DAYS TO COME..INSHALLAH"
From the director who gave us....
******
IMDB:8:5
ZMDB: 9.8
PRESIDENT,
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
"A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist."
I very vividly remember the 1st time i read the tagline of this movie on IMDB & knew this is the one i was really looking for.Its like you see someone & all of a sudden just decide "She is the one" or "This is the girl am gonna marry".It was it.I really don't know why it took me so long to actually copy it from my Dvd [downloaded months back] & view it,i guess i wondered if am gonna find the exact subtitles for this Italian movie in the perfect chronological order in which the dialogues are delivered in the movie.
Now every week myriad of movies come & go,adventure,action,mystery,thriller,drama,horror,art,comedy,romance,whatever the genre may be what i really miss & i guess many would agree with me on this,we miss a 'heart'.Rare does a movie come now which makes us dream,or as a matter of fact makes us travel down that amnesia lane & cherish those memories which though not forgotten have been hidden somewhere even we fail to recall.
'Cinema Paradisco' touched my heart & so it did of millions of Fans all over the world.It is & would owezzz be closest to my heart along with 'Scent Of A Woman' , 'Woh Lamhe' , & 'It's A Wonderful Life'.Being a die hard fan of Cinema & everything associated with it i saw myself in 'Toto' & really could relate to it in so many ways.Not just me,a lot of people may have seen themselves in the young Tito they once were & as the movie progressed it gradually grew upon us.
Salvatore: Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?
Alfredo: No, Toto. Nobody said it. This time it's all me. Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.
Now before i start on the lauding,approbations,cheering,rooting,hand-clapping & standing ovations for the movie & Giuseppe Tornatore[Director,Writer,Screen-Play] i would like you all to see the Awards this Cinema's Magnum Opus gathered when it 1st released in 1988-1989.
Awards
- 1989: Cannes Film Festival
- Grand Prix du Jury (tied with Trop belle pour toi)
- 1989: Golden Globe Awards
- 1990: Academy Awards
- 1991: BAFTA Awards
The movie travels in flashback where this man "Salvatore'Toto'De Vita" recalls the incidents which carved an eternal stamp of Holy Memories on heart as a boy,his fascination with the whole concept of movies,the man [Alfredo] who though being the age of his father,finds the best friend in Tito[this boy] & vice-versa,teaches him all bout Projections,handling reels & organising a show[most of which the keen young Tito learns on his own] & his childhood love which has anyone ever been able to forget???
The movie gradually grows upon you & just during the 1st 15-20 mins only you start to realize it wasen't at all a mistake to view this Foreign Language Movie with subtitles on this cool Saturday evening.
I could relate to this movie a lot being a Die Hard,ardent,zealous fan of Cinema & the whole concept of Movie making.Moreover this movie happened @the perfect of times,around 50 days before i start with my Media studies on the same.Its a fact though that the younger u may be the more you are gonna enjoy this movie & when u mature up its would be again a Tribute to those young innocent days.On the contrary if like me you end up watching it@ an age when you are mature enough[am i] it would be a straight Question to your ownselves[Why Didn't I Watch It Earlier] & then when u age up[50s-60s],u can again relive your life in those 122 minutes & fall in love with the beauty,simplicity & sheer sweetness of this movie.
After a long time,i have seen a movie which would be loooooooved by all,the masses,classes,young,teenage,old,cinema lovers,Dreamers,Itilians[of-course],Americans,Africans,Asians & all form of Human Beings created by
The Almighty.
Watch it for Yourself..& relive your life once again,this time through 'Giuseppe Tornatore's eyes but the Dreams would be yours.
The Best Movie Of Ma Life Along Wit:
Scent Of A Woman
The Green Mile
It's A Wonderful Life
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Life Is Beautiful
The Terminal
&
Woh Lamhe.
& definately among ma All Time Top 3 infact @ the very Top.....
MOVIE OF MA LIFE....... "TO CHILDHOOD.....TO CINEMA & TO ALL THOSE DREAMS WHICH GOD BEING THERE WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE DAYS TO COME..INSHALLAH"
From the director who gave us....
******
IMDB:8:5
ZMDB: 9.8
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