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Posts Tagged "Vittorio De Sica"

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Blood for Dracula [Andy Warhol’s Dracula] *** (1974, Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging, Vittorio De Sica, Roman Polanski) – Classic Movie Review 3,355

Udo Kier’s dying Count Dracula must drink the blood of virgins, in Paul Morrissey’s often stylish and amusing 1974 horror movie Blood for Dracula. It also stars Joe Dallesandro as the handsome servant Mario Balato. […]

Feb, 13

La Ciociara [Two Women] **** (1961, Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown) – Classic Movie Review 2361

Sophia Loren won Best Actress awards at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival and the 1962 Oscars for her glorious tour-de-force in the 1961 drama film La Ciociara [Two Women], the first non-English-language performance to win […]

Apr, 05

The Millionairess ** (1960, Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 1,804

Anthony Asquith’s 1960 British romantic comedy film The Millionairess has the huge virtue of bringing together Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers on screen. Director Anthony Asquith’s 1960 British romantic comedy film The Millionairess may be less […]

Nov, 06

A Farewell To Arms ** (1957, Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio de Sica) – Classic Movie Review 1246

Producer David O Selznick in 1957 turns Ernest Hemingway’s complex, famous world-classic 1929 semi-autobiographical novel into a bloated Hollywood romance in this overlong, overblown and underwhelming remake of the 1932 film with Gary Cooper and […]

May, 24

Bicycle Thieves [Ladri di Biciclette] ***** (1948, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell) – Classic Movie Review 1046

Director Vittorio De Sica’s revered Italian classic of neo-realist cinema about a poor, unemployed Roman man (Lamberto Maggiorani) and his precious bike was voted the most outstanding foreign language film at the 1950 Oscars. It […]

Apr, 04

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