Category: Italian Cinema
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Revolver (1973)
Continuing a quest to actually watch the movie of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack that I really like listening to, Revolver (1973; aka Blood In The Streets) is an example of the Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi genre as well as an Italian-German-French co-production. The main musical theme – a mournful, orchestral folk-pop number – was used by Tarantino in… Read.
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Ever since the writer character Vincent D’Onofrio played in The Player went to a screening of Bicycle Thieves (1948; Ladri di biciclette aka The Bicycle Thief), championing it as true cinema, I always felt guilty for never having seen it. After copping a DVD copy, and letting it sit on a shelf for a long… Read.
