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Great Movie
I first saw this movie when I was a little, and I have to say it is one of my favorite movies. If only they came out with a DVD!!! I would recommend this movie to absolutely anyone.... Great Irish movie!!!

A brilliant family film!
Another brilliant Irish film! War of the Buttons is adapted from a French book and film and is (apparently) set in County Cork, Ireland.It centers on two rival gangs of pre-teen boys (and a few girls), the Ballys and the Carricks from neighboring towns, Bally Dowse and Carrick Dowse.By their dress, the Carricks appear to be "the haves" and the Ballys the "have nots."The Ballys and the Carricks each are lead by brave, honorable, respectable boys, Fergus and Geronimo; each has its own traitor/coward/bully, Riley and Gorilla, respectively.
I love this movie - it needs to be on DVD!!!
I first saw this movie years ago, and I fell in love with it right away. The scenery is beautiful, and the boys in the film are great. The story is simple but so fun. I wanted to be right in there with the kids, fighting their 'battles.' I really hope this film comes out on DVD, because I don't have a VHS player anymore. It's really a gem. ... Read more

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"This is chaos!"
The fastest 129 minutes you will ever spend reading subtitles.I've seen BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT around 10 times now and every time I don't want it to end cause I'm having too much fun.
The Marx Brothers take Gypsy culture! - Put this on DVD!!
There is no way to summarize the plot of this film, except to say it's what you'd get if you dropped the Marx Brothers into Gypsy culture and stirred it all up. It's wild, crazy, and filled with music and dancing and unforgettable characters (played by real actors and actresses, not Hollywood ken-and-barbie dolls). You either like this kind of thing, or you don't. Astoundingly, some don't. Go figure! For me, it's a joy to watch.
One of the Best Movies Ever
This is without a doubt one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.It is so intricate, human, and lovingly bizarre that I don't see how anyone could not absolutely love this movie.You have to bear with it for a bit in the beginning because there are so many characters and the plot is so complex that it takes a few scenes for you to get your bearings.Even during this time, though, the movie is absolutely hilarious.It's even more funny, though, once you realize what's going on.After that, just sit back and enjoy.Without equal. ... Read more

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In short
This is simply the best motion picture I have ever seen. A beautiful and intelligent triology that will stay with you. Years ago, during it's first week on Swedish cinemas, I saw it twice. Since then I've seen it a few times more.

Dark, intriguing and "in your face" film...I want a DVD version!
Saw this film years ago in Sweden (without English subtitles). Despite not understanding most of the dialogues, the images were stark enough to remind you the realities of life in other countries outside the comforts of your home.Definitely a film that should go out on DVD and something I'd spend my money on!

Great film about a great tragedy
In watching this movie you can understand the Balkan conflict better than if you readfive books on the subject. It is about the power of war crushing the innocence of love. good acting all around and wonderful cinematography. We need a DVD relase of this one! those reading this review please tell amazon you want a DVD version, as more and more people switch exclusively to DVD it would be a shame of if this gem were forgotten. ... Read more

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Save your Money!!!
If you're one of those who likes to see 'artsy' films for the sake of conversation, by all means check this oddball out.If, however, you want to watch a movie to be entertained or to appreciate Tango, be advised: This movie absolutely sucked.Potter was uninspiring and passionless, her love interest was self-centered and whiny, and what was up with the legless midget shooting horrific looking models in the color shots???In a word, the whole thing was terrible.Even the Tango wasn't very good in this one (primarily as it was usually Potter dancing, and she obviously needs some more practice!)...the one redeeming factor was the music, which was outstanding.Particularly moving was Yo-Yo Ma's Libertango.Do yourself a favor...buy the CD, skip the movie.

Want to learn Argntinian Tango? Watch this over & over.
Plot weak. No Matter. WATCH THE DANCERS!!!!over and over.Here you wont see snaps of the head from R-----L & back like in the dance competitions on PBS. Watch older people do it. My dancing has become more fluid (IM75 ) Thisis ARGENTINIAN TANGODANCED FOR FUN not for an award!

Nice tango...bad story
This film was so disappointing. I love tango. And Buenos Aires. If it wasn't for both of these elements in the film...it would get no stars. Sally Potter is so self indulgent. The story is so discredible....that we are supposed to believe this young guy has a romantic attachment to her?! Perhaps if she had cast a younger female for the lead role this may have been more believeable. The actual 'plot' was so weak...nothing happens in the whole film except she learns tango and wrecks my head. ... Read more

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Shot on location in numerous countries, this ambitious Wim Wendersfantasy takes Sam Neill, Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, and a ragtag group in pursuit around the world and back again. Though set in 1999 under the shadow of impending disaster as a wobbly nuclear satellite threatens to Chernobyl the planet, the leisurely gait of their worldwide escapades has a distinctly '40s-era decadence. The ultimate object of their quest is a machine that records visual information from one person and reconstructs it in the brains of others--granting the miraculous power of sight to the blind for one thing, but even more mystically, enabling a person's dreams to be recorded. When the film seeks resolutions on the most intimate questions of the human soul which dovetail with the possibility of a destroyed world, the film is hampered by the VHS running time, which subtracts several hours from the laser disc version. But numerous joys, not least among them Jeanne Moreau and Max von Sydow as Hurt's parents, inhabit this thought-provoking film. Read more

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I love it even though it's long
Just in case others are interested... it sounds unlikely that a US DVD will ever happen. For more info: http://wim-wenders.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=250
an underappreciated classic
It is simply baffling that this film is not available on DVD.It is a classic and beautiful film...raising the bar for what other artist directors can aspire towards.Invest the effort to track this film down and be rewarding with a new, wider horizon in your life.

Gets Better with Age
Back in the 90s, I knew there was a new movie that U2 was providing the music for and I said great, can't wait to see it.Then I saw it... the US cut of Until the End of the World.And I said what?Why did I want to see this piece of crap?It made NO sense at all.
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During its release, this was the most popular film of all time in its native Italy. A typical Roberto Benigni comedy of mistaken identity, this 1991 work stars the actor-director in two roles, one a tough mafioso named Toothpick and the other a meek bus driver who is the gangster's look-alike. When the bad guy's girlfriend comes on to the clueless innocent--and she brings him along to her Sicilian villa--the slapstick madness rolls into high gear. Benigni really is a very funny and often remarkable clown, and he employs his usual physical gags in great and gratifying abundance. His script's inspiration reaches several peak moments when the mysteries between light and dark doppelgangers are suggested. One could reasonably call this sort of Jekyll-and-Hyde tale the closest Benigni has yet come to making his version of Jerry Lewis's Read more

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Laugh out loud funny!
The first half of the film is the set up. After that your stomach muscles better be in shape.Because they are going to hurt bad if your not in laughable shape!!!!

Seduction, Italian style
This is a wonderful comedy from the actor of "Life is Beautiful."
Not to be missed!
One of the funniest comedies ever.The American version stupidly removes some material ... try to find an uncut version (available on region 2 DVD through Amazon UK). ... Read more

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Complex to the point of being pleasingly convoluted, this Sydney Pollack film (from a terrific script by Robert Towne and Leonard and Paul Schrader) is an intriguing blend of Western and Asian sensibilities. Mitchum, in one of his best roles of the 1970s, is drawn to the Orient by an army buddy (Brian Keith), whose daughter has been kidnapped. But when he gets to Japan, Mitchum finds that her kidnappers are the shadowy Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia--an organization that is as vicious as it is tradition-bound. He must call on friends he made after World War II for favors and finds himself unintentionally trampling on issues of honor, even as he battles for his life and that of the girl he is seeking. Surprisingly heartfelt and deliciously exciting, the film features a sorrowful performance by Mitchum and a stoically touching one by Ken Takakura. And what great samurai swordplay! Read more

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I am obligated to buy this on DVD and on VHS!
I have seen this movie numerous times and NEVER tire of watching it. As someone involved in Japanese Budo and having been to Japan several times, I get lost in the movie each time. Watching Takakura Ken perform the first Iaido kata-Ippon Mae: Mai is excellent.
They Bring a Sword, Then You Bring a Gun!Mitchum Rules!
When we were living in New York City, and I was twelve, my Dad told my Mom that he was taking me somewhere for a few hours.To my delight, we ended up at a ratty movie theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.These were the days before the monster multi-plexes.I can't remember the exact address, but it was a large one room gig that had seen it's better days.From what I could tell, some cool guy had come up with the idea of programming this low-rent theater with old Samurai flicks usually starting with the name Yojimbo...Yojimbo meets the One-Armed Warrior...you get the idea.
GRANDDADDY OF FILMS SET IN JAPAN, BUT SHOWING ITS AGE..
For a movie made in the 70s, this Pollack production deserves a hats-off for being so way ahead of its time. From a Kendo class with very accurate "kata" to Ginza's neon lights, the film gets it astonishingly spot on, which is remarkable given the preoccupation of the rest of the world with the meteoric rise of that whole Japan chimera at the time.
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Why not release this in DVD???
I have seen the DVD release for region 4 dvd players... why in the world didnt they release it for all regions?That was very stupid marketing.Fortunately I got very lucky and bought a VHS original that I found in the sale bin from a Rental video store as a prev rental.This movie is powerful and everytime I watch it gets an emotional response from me.The cast is wonderful and the horse... very well trained and just a magnificent animal!If you have an opportunity to see this I highly recommend it.

Phar Lap ~ An Olympian Tragedy
Throw together the modern real life drama's of Smarty Jones and Barbaro, then add Seabiscuit to the mix along with a measure of life-threatening intrigue, and you have something close to the tale of the magnificent Phar Lap, a real-life equine Olympian.
Another Amazing Racehorse - Is DVD Coming Soon?
A good horse racing story - especially if it's based on real life - usually gets my attention and this is no exception. Phar Lap was a famous Australian race horse. This was another Seabiscuit-type horse who overcame big odds to achieve greatness. He just never got much press outside of Australia, I guess.
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One of the most ferociously iconoclastic and experimental films of the French New Wave, Alain Resnais's 1961 feature, winner of the grand prize at that year's Venice Film Festival, is based on a script by Alain Robbe-Grillet. At its center is what seems to be a simple but unanswerable puzzle: Did its protagonist (Giorgio Albertazzi) have an affair the year before with a woman (Delphine Seyrig) he just met (or possibly re-met) at his hotel? The inquiry becomes an unsettling experiment in flattening the dimensions of past, present, and future so that any difference between them becomes meaningless, while Resnais's coldly formal but oddly dreamlike geometric compositions make space itself seem a function of subjective memory. Add to that Resnais's trademark tracking shots--long, smooth, a visual correlative of a wordless feeling--and this is a film that truly gets under the skin in almost inexplicable ways. One of the most influential works of its time. Read more

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Look, the Emperor is naked!

Unutterable elegance
Whatever this is about, once you've seen it, you'll know you've seen something. What I mean is, whatever else you've ever seen, this is something else. Setting aside the helpful and fascinating extra features that came with my disc, by someone called Ginette Vincendeau, and suspending any attempt at prosaic understanding while watching, soak up the incomparable sensation of atmosphere, the sonorous sounds, the stunning sights, the sublimely stylish manner in which the images unroll. It almost makes the effort of interpretation unnecessary. But then, watch it again, and listen to all the explanations offered on all sides: hardly anyone can help coming up with their own ideas. And they are almost all different, since every viewpoint will alter the perspective of any object. There's the viewer who tells us it's actually the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. That long, tall, thin fellow is Death, who could lose, but always wins. This place is Limbo: the Underworld, where memory is erased, and time and place have no meaning, make no sense.Couldbe. Why does Death say he could lose? Answer: Amor Vincit Omnia. There are slight hints of Cinderella and her slipper; or the awakening of the Sleeping Beauty. The Life Force defeating Death and escaping from his dreary clasp. This is partly what Ginette puts forward. But she admits, I think, that this is too mechanical a reading; like the marionette-like dance, and the empty pleasantries of the half-heard conversations. This is a game, within a play, within a film, within a theatre, or on an unanticipated dvd. These people exist at one of civilization's high points, the eighteenth century enlightenment, baroque at the point of rococo, where order is everything, yet giving way to distortion. Or else they are an image of everyday life, its forms and conventions: this is a dateless reality of actually unrealized desires. Watch it a third time, and it becomes erotic. It is the product of a totally European sensibility, a specifically Franco-Germanic sensibility: America is far too adolescent a society ever to have created anything to equal it, in spite of Ginette's instancing Hitchcock, and Kubrick's "The Shining" --- which is lamentably feeble in its supposed emulation.It is easy to recognize genius: you know that however hard you might try, you would never come up with anything to match it.

sunk in time after 46 years
Surely the film was very brave experiment by Resnais (the director) in 1961 (French "new wave"), introducing to cinematography what Joyce and Proust pioneered in literature at beginning of 20th century. Thus, the film is a great contribution to what we call the FORM rather than the content. That's why I rated it with 3 stars, not just one.
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Memorably tragic
Sansho the Bailiff projects a bleak and depressing view of medieval Japan.The director Kenji Mizoguchi was masterful, providing an authentic and unforgettable immersion into feudal Japan.This Japanese folktale describes the kinds of sacrifices that may have been required to overcome some of humanity's basest instincts, and a sad and mesmerizing story it is.The acting is wonderful, and the music excellent.There are a number of scenes that would likely be startlingly beautiful if shot in color, but fit the starkly tragic mood in black and white.Hopefully this great movie will soon be restored and transferred to DVD.Highly recommended.

So great, so beautiful!
"Sansho Dayu" is so great and so beautiful. It is one of my very favorite films.
Magnificent Masterpiece - R2 DVD available
This is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking films I've ever seen.
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Being there.
While I love this movie, I don't think it is as good as the Aussie classic,`Gallipoli'.Having said that, it holds a very special place in my heart.
Uncut Dvd Please!!!
This film has long been a favorite for me, even without the 15 minutes an earlier reviewer described. There is no excuse for a beautifully filmed movie such as this not to be available on dvd in its entirety.

Please release it on DVD!
This film needs to be released on DVD with anamorphic widescreen treatment.I'm so tired of waiting for it. ... Read more

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Girl's night out, in a sense...
This film stars two wild and crazy gals who go on a breezy and uninhibited spree of revenge that ultimately ends in disaster, but getting there is what's entertaining about this movie. The film features several wild chase scenes, exploding tanker trucks, pantomimed oral sex, whole squads of police cruisers on the trail of the wayward women, a sympathetic cop who wants to save them, and a law enforcement establishment which has been embarrassed by being unable to stop their spree of violence and that wants them dead. Overall a pretty decent flick despite it's somewhat downer message and ending. But the action keeps the film moving along and Keitel, Davis, and Sarandon turn in fine performances, as usual.

Despite popularity, somewhat disturbing film
I understand why this film got such wide acclaim.Great acting, interesting storyline, great cinematography.However, I found this film quite violent, bordering advocating violence as a means for letting out frustrations, suicide as glorious end, etc., that I couldn't condone.
Susan Sarandan is perfect
Even though I'm very young I stilled loved this movie. Its one of my favorite movies with Susan Sarandon. They do and outstanding job as criminals on the run. I loved how the hot sexy Brad Pitt was in it. It has a bit of fowl language but it wouldn't work without it. Perfect to cheer up the mood. ... Read more

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DVD from Germany
There's a release of this fascinating movie on DVD . If you have a multizone player you can enjoy the moviefromwww.amazon.de (Germany.)It is stereo only and on zone 2 .

Dark Brilliance
A film of dark humour; typically Irish with all the associated peculiarities.Alcoholic parents, small village life, aberrant clergy, teenagers growing up (or not), all set against the anxiety-filled zeitgeist of the cold war nuclear threat.
Pat McCabe + Neil Jordan = incredible movie
One of the best book-to-film adaptations I've ever seen.The narration is handled brilliantly, preserving much of the sinister charm of McCabe's narrational style. ... Read more

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Outstanding!
Although this film centers on Deafness in France, the closely related language, culture and people appeals to American audiences."In the Land of the Deaf" is as moving and telling as any documentary on the Deaf World I have seen.Covering issues including: Deafness and the Arts, Oral Education, Total Communication, Cultural Divides, Abuse and Misunderstanding, Young Adult Life, and the Joys of Deaf Community and Successful Inter-cultural Relations...this film is a MUST SEE for members of every academic dicipline who claim some connection with humanity.

More than documentary, a must for any film buff
Deafness merely happens to be the subject of this extraordinary documentary. Sensitive and unobstrusive, good camera work, wonderful rhythm, great story telling, sense of humor, no axe to grind and thus allthe more moving. All the same adjectives apply to Philibert's "LaMoindre des choses" about patients at a clinic outside Parisrehearsing for a play.

An interesting look into the Deaf culture.
I am a student of American Sign Language, and saw this movie in my class. I was surprised at my reaction to forcing the children to learn to speak. According to my instructor, who herself is deaf, this is very true to life.I recommend this movie to parents of children who are deaf or hard ofhearing before making any decision about forcing a child to speak just sothat they can be "normal". ... Read more

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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. Read more

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Both cuts
The new special edition of Cinema Paradiso, coming this november, features both cuts of the film. The theatrical one and the director's cut. So buy it immediately!

en la paradiso of the genre
I first saw Cinema Paradiso on a small screen (24?") T.V. in the shortened original VHS for theatre distribution version. O.K. A number of years later, I was fortunate enough to see the Director's Cut on the big screen.Before or since, I never have shed tears like that in the theatre.Not only for the sadness... but for the sublimity.
Don't buy this version! You must get the director's cut!
I'm giving one star not for the film but for this version only. The director's cut has more than 50 mins additional footage which is vital to the story and was cut to make the film more acceptable to cinema audiences. With these additional scenes, this is an excellent 5-star movie but otherwise, viewers will be unsatisfied. The main bone of contention is that the Elena relationship is not properly resolved in the shorter version so you'll be left wondering how it all turned out. Take my advice, pay a little more and get the full-length version. You won't regret it. ... Read more

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a very good film, and prescient
I first saw 'la haine' about a year ago in a french class. then, this past autumn, as we all know, riots broke out in the ethnic outskirts of a number of major french cities. it's been 9 years since the film came out, and unlike some of its american urban film counterparts (spike lee excluded, of course) it is somehow prescient, getting better with age. anyone can throw around a buzzword like "urban alienation", but only a film like 'la haine' can truly convey it.
In your face drama
I've seen this movie several times, and it just never gets old. Although Kassovitz claims Hate is not meant to be a documentary or make any political points, the message is glaring and heart-rending.
hate i know 2004
I am french so I got the story better than the subtitles
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Don't throw away your diamonds!
This is a sweet story about young love (forbidden love) on its surface, but a bit more than that upon closer analysis.The repressive racial climate of the 50's is seen through the eyes of one who was not brought up in it and in the narration, Philippe's recounting of his first introduction to this segregation is just heart-wrenching: Justa good movie to see......
I have been a fan of Marco Hofschneider ever since I saw him in Europa Europa. I think that he is a very good actor and a good role model for the non blonde, blue eye Germans like myself. In this movie, Marco plays a French foreign exchange student, Philippe, that attends a university in the 1950's south United States, and falls in love with an African-American woman, Robin Givens. The story is a wonderful tale of overcoming skin colour differences and falling in love for the person someone is. Foreign Student: A Stacked Deck
In most romance movies, the viewer can pretty well predict early on whether the lovers will wind up together. There is something about the opening tone, usually set by music, shades of color, locale, or brief introductions to the lovers, that foreshadows their future. In FOREIGN STUDENT, the red light of failure flashes right away and stays flashing right to the credits. Marco Hofschneider plays a sweet French student studying in the south United States in the 1950s. He meets a lovely Robin Givens, who radiates a smoldering passion that Marco flits toward. The problem is that in the south of that time, interracial relationships were doomed from the start, yet the lovers try. Each seems to feel that in another place and another time, they could succeed, but in the here and the now, they can only invite disaster. Of the two, Marco is the more emotional one, the lover who sees only the object of his desire and not the formidable obstacles to its fruition. Givens is the one who has her feet planted firmly is the sociological soil of her time. She cannot be faulted for beginning the affair--after all Marco is the perfect dream man: handsome, cultured, athletic, and speaks French into the bargain. But she has enough sense to hear alarm bells go off inside, and she breaks off the relation.Read more

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Marcel Camus's 1959 update of the Greek myth features an all-black cast and a story set in the frenetic energy of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus, a trolley car conductor and superb samba dancer, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice. For his change of heart, Orpheus and his new doomed lover are pursued by a vengeful Mira and a determined Death through the feverish Carnival night. Camus at once demystifies and remystifies the old story, shifting not only its location but its tone and context, forcing a reevaluation of the legend as a more passionate, pulsing, sensual experience. The film is really one-of-a-kind, an absolute whirl that barely needs words. Read more

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Very Original
Greek mythology was something I've never paid much attention to. Having said that, I knew nothing about the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. It wasn't until I got this from the library (after noticing it had won the Palme d'or at The Cannes Film Festival and had won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film) and read the little booklet included in The Criterion release that I found out about the whole story. Needless to say, I found the whole idea intriguing. The filmmakers took this Greek myth and transferred it to Rio de Janeiro in the middle of Carnival and, in doing so, created a colorful and beautiful movie. That's not to say Black Orpheus is a very entertaining film, but the lush scenery and music make it a masterpiece. The story is pretty simple; Eurydice has arrived in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Eurydice is running from a masked man (Death) and is in a frequent state of fear. When she gets onto a streetcar, she meets Orpheus; Orpheus is a streetcar operator and a ladies man who has just become engaged to Mira. When they're getting a license, the man jokes to Mira..."Let me guess. You're Eurydice." Orpheus, is popular around his community for his musical talent. It's said that when he plays his guitar and sings, he makes the sun rise. Anyway, the story is a Greek "tragedy" so you can guess that the love between Orpheus and Eurydice doesn't quite go as planned. The film's tragic ending is quickly lifted by a beautifully photographed scene. This movie is, technically, a love story...But the Orpheus-Eurydice is merely the foundation of the story. It's the music and art direction and cinematography that makes this so good. The music, especially, plays a huge part in the film. The look of the movie gets even better when you realize how long ago it was made. Look at the film "Some Like it Hot" (released the same year, 1959) and then look at this film. This movie will not entertain the masses for years to come, but movie/Greek mythology buffs might want to check it out. Or just people who appreciate beauty in film.
Poetically beautiful
This movie is worth buying and watching over and over, the passion is felt between the characters and the setting. I just love the movie and it takes you to another world, another era.
Five star slop job!
I hated this movie because it had no nudity...and bossa nostra music annoys me. If you wanna see nekkid girls, don't watch this movie. Mind you, I only watched the first 3 minutes before I figured I needed something more substantial...a TRUE masterpiece like "Back To The Beach". Buy THAT movie instead of 'Black Orpheus' because at least you get Frankie Avalon and Annette FunnyChello and PeeWee Herman. I just flicked through "Black O" and watched the first 5 seconds of each chapter but that was enough to tell me that this movie stinks.
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