DVD: Anna Magnani     DVD:     Anna Magnani      The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster Paramount, 2004 The Rose Tattoo Magnani was already an international star when lured to Hollywood to do this sterling adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play. The earthy, fiery Italian actress inhabits the central role of Serafina like a second skin. Magnani's powerfully expressive face betrays the ...             The Secret of Santa Vittoria Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani United Artists, 2008 Long, But Charming Shadow Watcher Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA (1969) is a long, but utterly charming WW2 comedy about a small Italian village and its attempt to hide its "pride," a million bottles of precious wine, from the Nazis. Stanley Kramer ...             Mamma Roma [ English subtitles ] Anna Magnani, Franco Citti Umbrella Entertainment/Shock, 2007 Incredible camera movement and realism I love this movie not entirely for the storyline, but more so for the camera movement which creates a great sense of realism to the film. I have noticed many similarities in Pasolini's style in Martin Scorsese's work. The scene in Goodfellas where the couple walks ...             Mamma Roma - Criterion Collection Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo Criterion, 2004 Mamma Mia! Mamma Roma! You would have to understand what I mean by saying natural. Mamma Roma was a natural woman, a sunny, vibrant, sometimes crazy character. Pasolini was infatuated by those who were not shaped by civilization and those on the margins of society. The beginning of the ...             Maria Callas - La Divina: A Portrait Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi Image Entertainment, 2000 Maria Callas - La Divina: A Portrait I especially liked the approach in this film showing Callas the artist and Maria the woman. This theme carries throughout this wonderful Portrait. There is so little footage of this greatest Soprano of her Century, that every morsel is welcomed. Excerpts from her opera ...             Stage and Spectacle - Three Films by Jean Renoir (The Golden Coach / French Cancan / Elena and Her Men) - ... Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro Criterion, 2004 Renoir's color trilogy: funny, entertaining, yet profound The three color films that mark Jean Renoir's return to Europe might be surprising compared to his classics 30's films like RULES OF THE GAME, LA BETE HUMAINE, TONI or GRAND ILLUSION, with which Renoir became prominent as a master of realism. For instance, always ...             Open City Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani Image Entertainment, 1997 A most enduring and powerful classic Open City is a classic that nearly defies classification of genre. Although hailed by serious critics as a neorealist masterpiece, and understandably so, it's strength, ironically, lies in its starker resemblence to melodrama, similar to Luchino Visconti's The Damned. ...             L'Onorevole Angelina (Non-US Format, PAL Region 2) Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno Plot: A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing it, she starts a people's movement, and leads a march to the capital. She returns to her village a winner, an honourable MP. Yet, she is still the same ...             Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Sound of Movies Richard Rodgers, Nancy Kwan Image Entertainment, 2002 Wonderful for R&H Fans Aside from the excellent documentary the extras are a great bonus-especially the screen tests. For the remake of STATE FAIR you get to see Ann-Margret's entire original Fox screen test, she sings Bill Bailey, Mack the Knife and in a test for the role of Margy she does ...             The Fugitive Kind Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward MGM (Video & DVD), 2005 "GREAT DRAMA AND TENSION" MARLON BRANDO,ANNA MAGNANI,AND JOANNE WOODWARD,3 OF THE GREATEST ACTORS OF THAT TIME TOGETHER IN AN ADAPTATION OF THE PLAY,"ORPHEUS DESCENDING". THE SUPPORTING CAST;MAUREEN STAPLETON,VICTOR JORY,R.G.ARMSTRONG + THE BIT PLAYERS ARE EXCELLENT. KENYON HOPKINS' MUSIC ...             Open City [Region 2] Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani A most enduring and powerful classic Open City is a classic that nearly defies classification of genre. Although hailed by serious critics as a neorealist masterpiece, and understandably so, it's strength, ironically, lies in its starker resemblence to melodrama, similar to Luchino Visconti's The Damned. ...          products you might be interested in   search for DVDs collection, criterion, hammerstein, onorevole, spectacle, subtitles      toavi.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Happy Feet (Widescreen Edition)