Leopard, The (Italian Version)
Leopard, The (Italian Version)
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Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale star in what many consider Luchino Visconti's greatest film. Based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the epic story follows Prince Fabrizio Salina (Lancaster) and his family as their prominent place in the aristocracy is threatened during the unification of Italy. This visually opulent masterpiece was first widely released in a poorly dubbed and edited, 165-minute version, printed in an inferior color process. This is a restored, Italian version, with its magnificent color intact, although it is still 25 minutes shorter than the version that won the Palme d''Or at Cannes. "...one of the grandest widescreen historical epics...Visconti ends his film with a stunning ball scene, in which all his visual powers, his philosophical doubts and ruminations are in evidence" (Derek Malcolm, The Guardian). In Italian with English Luchino Visconti---Italy/France---1963---180 mins.

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  | JohnH#1

Not a picture for twitchy bottoms or short attention spans. It almost leaps off the pages of the book. Almost overwhelming spectacle. As I watched it I was reminded of Ray's Music room, another film in which a hereditary ruler had to deal with with social change and cope with a pushy upstart nouveau riche. The Bengali didn't give an inch and lost everything. The Prince of Sarina tried to ride the wave, and I suspect that his fate, or that of his descendants, wasn't much different. The must be a lesson in that.

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