It’s a difficult city. Like an eccentric old lady with a young heart and calluses on her feet, which she squeezes into pinching heels every evening for a prance around town to the watering holes – where everyone is free and young – and when everything else has closed, to sit by the sea and [...]
Entries from January 2006
January 16, 2006
The Bicycle Thief
Finally watched this absolute gem. Set in post-World War II Rome, The Bicycle Thief tells a simple story of one man’s personal struggle.
Antonio Ricci is a poor family man who lands a job, which depends on his having a bicycle. His bicycle is at the pawn shop and his wife pawns the family linen [...]
January 10, 2006
15 Park Avenue
15 Park Avenue picks a difficult theme and handles it superbly. In fact, it picks a number of difficult themes and does most of them justice. Schizophrenia, sister love, family bonds, responsibility, love, and the meaning of reality – the layers unpeel. Classic tensions are presented with refreshing honesty and weaknesses shown with devastating matter-of-factness. [...]
