Open City
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Movie Reviews of Open City
Movie Review: Open City
Summary: 5 Stars
Director Rossellini shot this neo-realist masterpiece on the broken streets of Rome during the first days of the Allied liberation, mainly using non-actors due to limited funding. This only adds to the film's authenticity, as it pays tribute to the brave partisans who fought fascism to the end. Unforgettable filmmaking, at its purest and most powerful.Movie Review: Another indisputable classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Very simply: It must be seen to be appreciated; that's it in 7 words. YOu can read up on it all you want, but it must be seen, period. Be forewarned, though, that it's not exactly a cheerful flick (that's putting it mildly!). Seriously, this wasn't made to instill good feelings, but express rage. And it works beautifully.Movie Review: Prompt and perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
Prompt and perfect.....and, of course, A Classic (for this American guy and his bella Italian wife)Movie Review: Unique and Powerful.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to agree with a couple of the reviewers here that this film is rather dated, but I can think of few movies from the late forties, even the great ones, that the same thing can't be said about. Open City captivates the viewer almost immediately as it is a moving story. With our first glimpse of Manfredi on the balcony we get a pretty good idea about what the plot will concern. I found it to be legitimately suspenseful and a classic in every sense of the word. One must remember that artists like Rossellini were the building blocks with which our contemporary cinema was erected. There's much that's "great" about this movie. The only contrived element, in my mind, was the speech of the German soldier at the very end which was not believable, but at that time it was the first self-denigrating speech of its kind. What is clichéd and hackneyed to us now was breathtakingly new back then. Considering that many of its actors had no acting experience whatever, Open City is an amazing endeavor.Movie Review: Unique and Powerful.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to agree with a couple of the reviewers here that this film is rather dated, but I can think of few movies from the late forties, even the great ones, that the same thing can't be said about. Open City captivates the viewer almost immediately as it is a moving story. With our first glimpse of Manfredi on the balcony we get a pretty good idea about what the plot will concern. I found it to be legitimately suspenseful and a classic in every sense of the word. One must remember that artists like Rossellini were the building blocks with which our contemporary cinema was erected. There's much that's "great" about this movie. The only contrived element, in my mind, was the speech of the German soldier at the very end which was not believable, but at that time it was the first self-denigrating speech of its kind. What is clichéd and hackneyed to us now was breathtakingly new back then. Considering that many of its actors had no acting experience whatever, Open City is an amazing endeavor.