italian for beginners
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2002 4:21 pm
you know all about dogme films, don't you? the new wave of low-tech movies started in denmark in '95, with all shooting done on location, no stunts, using hand-held cameras, etc?
(if you don't, and you are interested, then read "feature filmmaking at used car prices" by rick schmidt -- the book that vin diesel used to get into the film industry though he only had background as a night-club bouncer ).
anyway, "italian for beginners" is one of my favorite dogme movies and equally, the nicest movie i've seen this year.
it's about a mixed bag of danish misfits -- a hairdresser, an impotent sports arena manager, a choleric restaurant waiter, a maserati-driving priest -- who struggle with tragedy, their own inadequacies, their impossible familes -- and find salvation and love through an adult education class and a trip to venice, italy.
the movie has it all: sex, death, hilarious humor, you name it. it's all about the acting and the script. it has no car chases, no manipulative market-research-tested tearjerking, no hype. and it's been running in european cities for three months now.
(if you don't, and you are interested, then read "feature filmmaking at used car prices" by rick schmidt -- the book that vin diesel used to get into the film industry though he only had background as a night-club bouncer ).
anyway, "italian for beginners" is one of my favorite dogme movies and equally, the nicest movie i've seen this year.
it's about a mixed bag of danish misfits -- a hairdresser, an impotent sports arena manager, a choleric restaurant waiter, a maserati-driving priest -- who struggle with tragedy, their own inadequacies, their impossible familes -- and find salvation and love through an adult education class and a trip to venice, italy.
the movie has it all: sex, death, hilarious humor, you name it. it's all about the acting and the script. it has no car chases, no manipulative market-research-tested tearjerking, no hype. and it's been running in european cities for three months now.