Page 23 - Film
P. 23
FILM
Image Source
as the wonderful, innocent, but wavering 1900. of the town. Malena is one of Tornatore’s most
Many have suggested that Roth’s character is beautiful flms, with the narration and dialogue
a symbol of the futile American Dream or the defnitely being his most poetically crushing
sweeping cultural divide and unknown between as he deals with love, longing, humiliation and
Europe and America. Tornatore blends music and redemption. Bellucci is astounding, conveying
passion beautifully in his 1998 classic. promiscuity, shame and loneliness all in a blink
of an eye as she sufers, transforms and survives.
Malena (2000) – is narrated by an old man, Renato,
remembering his youth in a Sicilian village during A common trait in Tornatore’s flms is the
World War II. In the flm the young Renato, played structure of his narration and storytelling. Many
by Giuseppe Sulfaro, falls in love with Malena of his flms are told as a story from the past.
(Monica Bellucci) a beautiful woman in the Memory and nostalgia play important roles in
village whose husband has gone to war. Malena the understanding and build-up of his characters
is the object of his afection, arousing his sexual who are often, older, full of regret or longing,
awakening and coming of age into manhood. and deeply enriched by the experiences of their
Throughout the flm Renato watches Malena youth. This style adds a certain degree of poetic
silently and from a distance, as she goes through legitimacy, making his movies feel like novels of
trials and tribulations with the men and women endless depth and occurrences.
Independent Media Inspiring Minds 23
Image Source
as the wonderful, innocent, but wavering 1900. of the town. Malena is one of Tornatore’s most
Many have suggested that Roth’s character is beautiful flms, with the narration and dialogue
a symbol of the futile American Dream or the defnitely being his most poetically crushing
sweeping cultural divide and unknown between as he deals with love, longing, humiliation and
Europe and America. Tornatore blends music and redemption. Bellucci is astounding, conveying
passion beautifully in his 1998 classic. promiscuity, shame and loneliness all in a blink
of an eye as she sufers, transforms and survives.
Malena (2000) – is narrated by an old man, Renato,
remembering his youth in a Sicilian village during A common trait in Tornatore’s flms is the
World War II. In the flm the young Renato, played structure of his narration and storytelling. Many
by Giuseppe Sulfaro, falls in love with Malena of his flms are told as a story from the past.
(Monica Bellucci) a beautiful woman in the Memory and nostalgia play important roles in
village whose husband has gone to war. Malena the understanding and build-up of his characters
is the object of his afection, arousing his sexual who are often, older, full of regret or longing,
awakening and coming of age into manhood. and deeply enriched by the experiences of their
Throughout the flm Renato watches Malena youth. This style adds a certain degree of poetic
silently and from a distance, as she goes through legitimacy, making his movies feel like novels of
trials and tribulations with the men and women endless depth and occurrences.
Independent Media Inspiring Minds 23
