The Star Maker
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Movie Reviews of The Star Maker
Movie Review: Anybody can be a star !
Summary: 5 Stars
Star Maker is the work of 1989 Oscar winning Cinema Paradiso (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) director Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 film and a young boy who devotion to film. But here the innocence of Paradiso is offset by a con man, Morelli, who travels through Sicily and convinces villagers they can be a star, earn millions and be successful. He charges the villagers for the screen test that involves a reading from Gone With the Wind. But as he films the villagers eager for stardom, and they strike the various poses. Not only do they recite the scripts, they bare their soul to the camera, while opening up with their confessions.
Morelli travels from villages, and is able to convince a policeman to sit for a screen test, plus three bandits end up paying for their screen test. Star Maker, the con that he is manages to become the admiration of a beautiful woman who worked in a convent. Slowly as his escapades continue, he, in turn, is due for some conning, this time, by others.
The movie is filmed with the sepia-tone color, that light brown haze throughout. The film is rated R with frontal nudity and sexual acts. Many characters are known to be non-professionals. Star Maker is by far, not a comedy. It's more dramatic. In 1995, it was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film, but lost to Antonia's Line from the Netherlands. ......Rizzo
Movie Review: Post WWII Italy with the good and the bad; , humor, satire and a few tears
Summary: 5 Stars
Another one of Tornatore's journeys, beutifully filmed and narranted. This time, it's a con man travelling through Sicilly (Tornatorre's birthplace) following the war. As usual, that's the canvas over which Tornatorre paints a critical picture of Italy of the period - full of hope (all towns and village people who want to try out for the movies), satire (the bandits, who also want to pose for the camera) and tragedy (a love story).
Tornatorre remains true to his exceptional skill to weave the beautiful, the profane and the ugly - all with a blend of sarcasm, nostalgia and human understanding.
This is another wonderful of Tornatore's movies - fans of the director will appreciate it subtle beauty, as will the general viewer who is looking for a richly painted canvas of Italian life in the poor south following the war. For the Tornatore fans, I also recommend "Everybody's fine" if you can find it ("Cinema Paradiso", "Malena" and "The Legend of 1900" being the more well known of the director's movies).
Movie Review: Gentle insight into an unfamiliar place and time.
Summary: 5 Stars
Netflix describes this movie: "This Oscar-nominated film follows a self-described talent scout as he travels the back roads of Sicily. Armed with a camera, he sells screen tests to poor village folk, who are only too eager to fall for the promise of movie stardom. Men, women and children swarm to him, turning their tests into confessions that are tragic, comic, rhapsodic and revealing. But the gambit takes an unexpected turn when 18-year-old orphan Beata enters the picture..."The premise is odd, but it's played out in a marvelously quirky fashion. The lead actor has a face that reacts subtly but completely to everyone around him, while the scenery and supporting cast are Sicily personified. The action and plot move gently as befits the time and place. Definitely worth watching.
Movie Review: Super!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of my favorite films. It sweeps you into the drama of a fake moviemaker and a village girl in Italy. The end is surprinsingly correct.
A lesson to be learned.
Marcelo Lanat Júnior.
Movie Review: Another Italian Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Another classic Italian movie. Really loved the production, settings and acting. Story line is different...not like the trashy movies we see in our theatres. One you will remember for a long time.