Cinema Paradiso (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
by Giuseppe Tornatore
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Actor: Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta, Marco LeonardiDirector: Giuseppe Tornatore
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 295 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of Cinema Paradiso (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Movie Review: This is the best movie ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw "Cinema Paradiso" more than 30 times. Each time I cry like a baby and each time I like it more. It's the best film I ever saw and I'll be seeing it at least 30 more times. Don't miss it!
Summary of Cinema Paradiso (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't just one of those films for people who are already in love with the cinema. But if you are one of those folks, the emotional resonance between the action in Tornatore's world and the images on Noiret's screen will seem all the greater--and the finale all the more powerful. --Tom KeoghCinema Paradiso's complex, interwoven tales of wartime Italy, a boy's coming of age, and the history of cinema can be viewed in their entirety on the Director's Cut included in this Deluxe Edition. Director Giuseppe Tornatore's additional 50 minutes of footage provides closure for the saga's detailing Alfredo's death, and Salvatore Di Vita's lost relationship with his teenage love, Elena. Most of the 50 minutes serves as a continuation of the story, rather than as previously deleted scenes. The original, already celebrated Cinema Paradiso follows Toto (Jacques Perrin), a Sicilian boy who persuades the town projectionist, Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), to teach him how to show films. Spanning nearly 50 years, the film craftily draws parallels between Toto's life and those lives he sees on screen. As Toto matures into Salvatore, a successful Italian filmmaker, the Cinema Paradiso ages as well. Salvatore's return home for Alfredo's funeral is also a goodbye to his Paradiso, demolished to become a parking lot. The film's heightened sense of nostalgia subtly mirrors our humanistic love of movies, making it a tribute to cinema as an artistic genre. The Director's Cut can be fulfilling if one felt unsatisfied by the more ambiguous ending of the theatrical release, but it also feels slightly overwrought. Two documentaries in this package feature fans and critics praising Cinema Paradiso, proving its endurance as a classic. However, as Salvatore discovers over the course of the film, there is no need to improve a masterpiece. --Trinie Dalton
A true motion picture masterpiece Cinema Paradiso won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film caputred the hearts of moviegoers around the world. Now presented for the first time in a Two-Disc Deluxe Edition is the original 1990 theatrical version and the 2002 Director's Cut featuring 51 minutes of additional footage hailed by The New York Times as "more romantic more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the original."For those who have never seen it - and those who have never forgotten it - This extraordinary celebration of youth friendship and the everlasting magic of movies is sure to captivate your heart and send your spirit soaring.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 796019797016 Manufacturer No: 79701
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