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MAGIC IN MOTION

I'm old. I'm cranky. I like old movies, even movies that are older than I am.

Before you 'OK, Boomer' me, I am not a Boomer (not that there's anything wrong with being one) I am an Xer. 

As I said, I like old movies. Old movies have something that most films today are sadly lacking. Magic.

Movie Magic is real. Yes, today's films have plenty of special effects, but that's not what I'm talking about. Those…

I am very puzzled. Very.

I love Almodóvar, but this film I couldn't get into. Thematically it links back to what was started in Julieta and then somewhat reprised in Dolor y Gloría, as for intimate dramas exploring motherhood, but in such a strangely detached and quite uncharacteristically cold way that it's kinda hard for me to wrap my mind around it being from the same director. I guess from The Human Voice you could tell that he's veering towards…

Anni fa, dopo essere ritornato in Liguria dopo un lungo periodo di latitanza più o meno forzata, arrivai alla fine di un percorso che mi portò a rivalutare ed apprezzare il paesino in cui sono cresciuto, Camogli, che tanto assomiglia alla bellissima Portorosso disegnata da Casarosa. Questo film rappresenta il passo successivo di quel percorso, i sentimenti che forse non sono mai riuscito ad esprimere nei confronti della mia terra da cui mi volevo tanto separare; è stato un tuffo…