Newsgroup: it.arti.cinema
Titolo: "Cinema Paradiso"

"Cinema Paradiso" is one of my favorite movies of all time!
From what I remember, the film is based on (or is it completely?) the life
story of the movie's director, whose name I've forgotten; am I correct here?
As I recall, the film was about a (orphaned?) young boy in an impoverished
village in 1950s Italy. The little boy befriended an elderly film
projectionist who worked at the village's only theater. The kindly old man
taught him all about the magic of cinema by showing the boy how to work the
movie projectors, so the two of them could watch and study favorite movies
together.
I loved the film, though it was quite a tearjerker!
Can someone recommend favorite movies by this director? I'd like to
become more familiar with his works.
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The title is Nouvo cinema Paradiso.
Director is Giuseppe Tornatore.
Maybe is autobiographics, but ...
I believe that is not a great movies, is a tipical italian-movies on
children and the magic of cinema. Here in Italy we have too much movies
about this topic.
Others Titles of Tornatore:
- Il camorrista: biography of Mutolo, a napolitan gangster
- Stanno tutti bene: an old man's journey on Italy to visit his sons and
daugthers
Actually he is making a move on a musician that born and lives on a boat.

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I saw only the Director's cut version, which was the first to be released, was
out for about three days and made an overall audience of perhaps 12. It put me
off watching the other version. Unbearable.
Stefano Soro,
Bruxelles
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I've saw just the version given on TV. I know that ther is a firts version
that Producer Cristaldi have cutted. Can you say me about the differences?
Thanks
toto
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off watching the other version. Unbearable.
:)
Well, if the IMDb is correct the same happened in the premiere in Italy, with
a version around 150 min. Then they made the cut to 123 which was a success,
and after the awards they re-released the previous and then the longest (at
least on video). They sold the movie three times. I liked the longer version,
in which we disagree, but I suppose we agree that it's not correct to put the
awards list on the beginning, since it was a completely different movie that
won all of that, which would barely be seen in such a long version.
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Da quanto mi ricordo la differenza sostanziale era che lei era tornata da
lui all'appuntamento, ma il vecchio ha fatto in modo che non si
incontrassero perchč altrimenti lui non sarebbe andato mai via dalla
Sicilia e quindi non avrebbe potuto vivere la sua vita libero da
condizionamenti.
I dettagli non li ricordo perň...
Antonio

I dettagli non li ricordo però...
Hmm, I understand most of the Italian when I read it out loud :)
Anyway, yes, that's one of the main differences. This might be SPOILER of
course. The 50 minutes cut from the first version had mostly footage in the
present time, with the adult Salvatore searching for Elena and finding her
married and with a daughter (same actress as teenager Elena). They then meet
and... well you know, for old time sakes, and they tell each other's story,
concluding that each one thought the other abandoned him/her. Alfredo, that
dirty old bastard was to blame, since he didn't tell Salvatore that Elena was
in the cinema... She left a message, but Fate made him to miss it. Quite sad
sequence. Anyway, the good is that by the end of the movie you've seen the
story of the man, not the story of the kid. -Urgh-
And there's an interesting discussion about love-art. Alfredo f***ed Toto's
life because he wanted him to be an artist. He had to leave the small town for
that, cutting any knots. So much for free will... 
( Anyone knows if there's a video of DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE not dubbed in
Italian, in Italy? )
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Italian, in Italy? )
Not in Italy. I'm sure.
But, maybe, there is a French or English version.
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But, maybe, there is a French or English version.
I believe most of the actors are originally speaking in English, and that the
"oficial" version is in English. In the UK I only spotted one copy at a
ridicullous price (apparently a rental copy).
I saw the movie twice in a film festival. In the last time it was in Italian
without subtitles and I found it atrocious! Even Anna Falchi is very badly
dubbed. I suppose she also speaks in English in the original version.
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 in the cinema... 
Infact in the whole version Alfredo seems a "sad" man, because he changed
like he wanted Salvatore's life even if to make him leave Sicilia and look
for luck outside.
Maybe this version was not very diffused because it was better Alfredo was
a "positive" character....
Antonio

dubbed. I suppose she also speaks in English in the original version.
I doubt it. She barely speaks italian.
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