Directed by Dino Risi • 1962 • Italy
Starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant
The ultimate Italian road comedy, IL SORPASSO stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life. A holy grail of commedia all’italiana, IL SORPASSO is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy.
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David Chase on LACOMBE LUCIEN
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Lacombe, Lucien
Directed by Louis Malle • 1974 • France, Italy, West Germany
Starring Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger LöwenadlerOne of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration during the German occupation, Louis Malle’s brave and controversial LACOMBE, LUCIEN traces a young peasant’s ...
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David Chase on ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS
