Some of the best known American comedies of the 1940s are based on Broadway hits. This is the case of Arsenic and Old Lace, a work of pure entertainment, devoid of the moral implications present in some previous films by Frank Capra, with which the director - as he writes in his autobiography - intend to create ยซno great document to save the world: it's just good old-fashioned theaterยป. His adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's play of the same name putsโฆ
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
In It's a Wonderful Life some of the themes dear to Frank Capra - such as good neighbourhood, family life, the idealism of provincial towns, the spirit of sacrifice - are colored with mystical and supernatural nuances. An ordinary man, after having dedicated his life to his community, falls into ruin and in desperation thinks of committing suicide. On Christmas Eve, however, an angel convinces him not to kill himself, showing him how different and corrupt his town would haveโฆ
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Dial M for Murder 1954
Women in Alfred Hitchcock's films are often subjected to brutal attacks, usually inflicted at close range by individuals driven by motivations that are not without sexual implications. From the Jack the Ripper-style crimes in The Lodger, to the full-screen strangulation 46 years later in Frenzy, through the unforgettable murder sequence of Marion Crane in the shower in Psycho, the English filmmaker has constantly explored the theme of female vulnerability. His blondes usually see their lives devastated by the unknown andโฆ
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Dial M for Murder 1954
Le donne nei film di Alfred Hitchcock sono spesso soggette ad aggressioni brutali, di norma inflitte loro a distanza ravvicinata da individui spinti da motivazioni non prive di implicazioni sessuali. Dai delitti in stile Jack lo squartatore de Il Pensionante, allo strangolamento a tutto schermo di 46 anni dopo in Frenzy, passando per l'indimenticabile sequenza dell'assassinio di Marion Crane sotto la doccia in Psycho, il cineasta inglese ha costantemente esplorato il tema della vulnerabilitร femminile. Le sue bionde di solitoโฆ
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Once Upon a Time in America 1984
In Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone traces the rise of Noodles and Max (superbly played by Robert De Niro and James Woods), and their gang of very young Jewish immigrants who, as they grow up, will reach the top of New York's organized crime scene. The film begins and ends in a den above a Chinese shadow puppet theater, where Noodles is used to smoke opium, a drug that increases visionary abilities and alters the perception ofโฆ
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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Moving from the Peruvian jungles to the mountainous peaks of Nepal and the alleys of Cairo, the archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford at his finest) escapes the tarantulas and snakes, fights Germans and Arabs, and challenges a thousand dangers to prevent the ancient Ark of the Covenant from falling into the hands of the Nazis. Raiders of the Lost Ark, a movie with a dizzying pace, born from the love of Steven Spielberg for the serials all action and escapismโฆ
