Movie Review - Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)
directed by Luchino Visconti
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
One thing I'll say for Luchino is how beautiful his formal compositions are. In street scenes in rain, Milan looks like a woodblock from Japan. And I prefer a young Alain Delon playing the innocent to the haggard and sinister aspect his face acquired with time. But I guess in the end you toe the line you always do: either Visconti directs epic masterpieces or he strands a lot of whales on the shore. "Rocco" isn't, by the way, a tragedy - it can't be true if someone gets out okay.
directed by Luchino Visconti
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
One thing I'll say for Luchino is how beautiful his formal compositions are. In street scenes in rain, Milan looks like a woodblock from Japan. And I prefer a young Alain Delon playing the innocent to the haggard and sinister aspect his face acquired with time. But I guess in the end you toe the line you always do: either Visconti directs epic masterpieces or he strands a lot of whales on the shore. "Rocco" isn't, by the way, a tragedy - it can't be true if someone gets out okay.
posted by NPK at 8:47 AM
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