This story about the best international film schools first appeared in the College Issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Australian Film, Television And Radio School
Sydney, Australia
“Aftrs was perfect because it was…practical,” says songwriter Christine Kirkwood, who graduated from Australia’s national screen and broadcast school after a six-month government program to train women in filmmaking. Her fellow alums include Gillian Armstrong and Phillip Noyce, who were in the school’s first graduating class in 1973, as well as Jane Campion, Cate Shortland and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie. Located near the Fox Studios in Sydney, the campus includes studios, post-production facilities and an extensive library.
Aftrs has a robust First Nations and Outreach program for indigenous students, and in early 2023 a new partnership with Industrial Light & Magic will allow the school to begin offering a two-semester Graduate Diploma in Visual Effects program. Other new offerings include a Screen Warriors program that will recruit,...
Australian Film, Television And Radio School
Sydney, Australia
“Aftrs was perfect because it was…practical,” says songwriter Christine Kirkwood, who graduated from Australia’s national screen and broadcast school after a six-month government program to train women in filmmaking. Her fellow alums include Gillian Armstrong and Phillip Noyce, who were in the school’s first graduating class in 1973, as well as Jane Campion, Cate Shortland and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie. Located near the Fox Studios in Sydney, the campus includes studios, post-production facilities and an extensive library.
Aftrs has a robust First Nations and Outreach program for indigenous students, and in early 2023 a new partnership with Industrial Light & Magic will allow the school to begin offering a two-semester Graduate Diploma in Visual Effects program. Other new offerings include a Screen Warriors program that will recruit,...
- 11/2/2022
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
Our series on remakes continues and this time we’ve got one that you may not even realize was filmed in live-action before. In honor of the release of Captain America: Civil War on Friday, we’re talking about the star spangled man with the plan. This week, Cinelinx looks at Captain America: The First Avenger.
It’s not too often that a remake is much, much, much better than the original but we have one of those rare instances in the case of Captain America. Years before Captain America: The First Avenger, the first movie version of the star-spangled hero of WW2 was filmed in 1990 and directed by Albert Pyun.
This movie…was awful! It has a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and went directly to a video release, wisely bypassing theaters to prevent millions of people demanding their money back. Captain America is played in this mess by Matt Salinger,...
It’s not too often that a remake is much, much, much better than the original but we have one of those rare instances in the case of Captain America. Years before Captain America: The First Avenger, the first movie version of the star-spangled hero of WW2 was filmed in 1990 and directed by Albert Pyun.
This movie…was awful! It has a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and went directly to a video release, wisely bypassing theaters to prevent millions of people demanding their money back. Captain America is played in this mess by Matt Salinger,...
- 5/2/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Stars: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Scott Paulin, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin, Michael Nouri, Kim Gillingham, Melinda Dillon, Bill Mumy, Francesca Neri | Written by Stephen Tolkin | Directed by Albert Pyun
Some twenty-odd years ago I was an unassuming teenager who used to spend most evenings trawling the shelves of my local video store looking for the next “cool movie” to rent for the night. Also some twenty-odd years ago there was a brief flurry of Marvel-themed movies that, for the most part, debuted on VHS. Albert Pyun’s Captain America was one of those movies…
Produced by Menahem Golan under his 21st Century Film Corporation banner (after he split from his producing partner Yoram Globus and the Cannon Group) Captain America was helmed by a man who, even at the time, was (and still is) one of my all-time favourite directors, Albert Pyun. At the time Pyun was on something of a hot-streak,...
Some twenty-odd years ago I was an unassuming teenager who used to spend most evenings trawling the shelves of my local video store looking for the next “cool movie” to rent for the night. Also some twenty-odd years ago there was a brief flurry of Marvel-themed movies that, for the most part, debuted on VHS. Albert Pyun’s Captain America was one of those movies…
Produced by Menahem Golan under his 21st Century Film Corporation banner (after he split from his producing partner Yoram Globus and the Cannon Group) Captain America was helmed by a man who, even at the time, was (and still is) one of my all-time favourite directors, Albert Pyun. At the time Pyun was on something of a hot-streak,...
- 6/24/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Shout! Factory has released a Blu-ray edition of the 1990 Captain America movie, a year after a DVD of the much-maligned film was released as a part of MGM’s Limited Edition collection. They deserve kudos for a nice, clean transfer but clarity and high definition cannot help a really weak story hampered by a low budget production.
As I wrote last year:
The film had actually been announced in the early 1980s from Cannon Films but in the intervening years, the studio folded and the right shifted a bit before Menahem Golan mounted it under his 21stCentury banner.
The movie languished in development until the rights were about to expire so director Albert Pyun urged Golan to let him take a crack at getting the film made for about $6 million. Marvel actually approved the script that was shot and Pyun loved its take on America’s fascination with heroism. If...
As I wrote last year:
The film had actually been announced in the early 1980s from Cannon Films but in the intervening years, the studio folded and the right shifted a bit before Menahem Golan mounted it under his 21stCentury banner.
The movie languished in development until the rights were about to expire so director Albert Pyun urged Golan to let him take a crack at getting the film made for about $6 million. Marvel actually approved the script that was shot and Pyun loved its take on America’s fascination with heroism. If...
- 6/3/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
British multihyphenate Noel Clarke has signed up to star in The Habit of Beauty, from directors Enrico Tessarin and Mirko Pinchelli, their first feature. Scheduled to shoot in London and Florence later this year, the drama co-star Francesca Neri, and will be set against the backdrop of the 2011 London Riots. Clarke will play a successful gallery owner whose difficult, unpredictable godson is from the same tough neighborhood where he grew up. Actress Neri will play Clarke's ex-lover, who's devastated by her recent break up with a photographer whose latest collection is set to be exhibited at the gallery Clarke’s character owns. When the photographer disappears with his...
- 4/29/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Kiki's Delivery Service
16-year-old figure skater Koshiba Fuka has scored the lead role in the live-action version of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1989 animated feature Kiki’s Delivery Service".
Takashi Shimizu is confirmed to be helming the project, based on a novel by Eiko Kadono, about a young broom-riding witch who spends a year trying to make it on her own by working as an air courier. [Source: Twitchfilm]
The Habit of Beauty
Noel Clarke ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "Doctor Who") and Francesca Neri ("Hannibal") have joined "The Habit of Beauty" which will shoot in London and Florence later this year.
Set in the wake of the 2011 London Riots, Clarke plays a successful gallery owner who, along with his wayward godson and an ex-lover, fly to Florence to find a missing photographer with a link to them all. [Source: Screen Daily]
The Walking Dead
Larry Gilliard Jr. ("The Wire") is set to play Bob Stookey in the...
16-year-old figure skater Koshiba Fuka has scored the lead role in the live-action version of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1989 animated feature Kiki’s Delivery Service".
Takashi Shimizu is confirmed to be helming the project, based on a novel by Eiko Kadono, about a young broom-riding witch who spends a year trying to make it on her own by working as an air courier. [Source: Twitchfilm]
The Habit of Beauty
Noel Clarke ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "Doctor Who") and Francesca Neri ("Hannibal") have joined "The Habit of Beauty" which will shoot in London and Florence later this year.
Set in the wake of the 2011 London Riots, Clarke plays a successful gallery owner who, along with his wayward godson and an ex-lover, fly to Florence to find a missing photographer with a link to them all. [Source: Screen Daily]
The Walking Dead
Larry Gilliard Jr. ("The Wire") is set to play Bob Stookey in the...
- 4/29/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Madrid — Spaniard Josep Joan Bigas Luna was lauded as a brilliant and "truly special" filmmaker a day after his death, with some of the highest praise coming from actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, two stars whose film careers he launched.
Bigas Luna, 67, died Saturday in northeast Spain after a long battle with cancer.
The filmmaker was regarded as having had an excellent eye for spotting talent and a knack for stimulating on-screen chemistry between actors. His 1992 film "Jamon, Jamon" received unanimous praise as "a classic" in the Spanish press on Sunday,
The director discovered Cruz and Bardem, who married in 2010, as well as a giving early boosts to a host of other now well-known film muses, including Leonor Watling, Angela Molina, Francesca Neri and Valeria Marini.
Many of the roles in his films were explosively steamy, even erotic. Yet they often explored with great insight aspects of modern Spain's quirkiness.
Bigas Luna, 67, died Saturday in northeast Spain after a long battle with cancer.
The filmmaker was regarded as having had an excellent eye for spotting talent and a knack for stimulating on-screen chemistry between actors. His 1992 film "Jamon, Jamon" received unanimous praise as "a classic" in the Spanish press on Sunday,
The director discovered Cruz and Bardem, who married in 2010, as well as a giving early boosts to a host of other now well-known film muses, including Leonor Watling, Angela Molina, Francesca Neri and Valeria Marini.
Many of the roles in his films were explosively steamy, even erotic. Yet they often explored with great insight aspects of modern Spain's quirkiness.
- 4/7/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Chicago – You’re probably going “Huh? There was another Captain America movie? Before Chris Evans?” Believe it or not, yes. Before people like Bryan Singer and Sam Raimi turned the Marvel-verse (and really all of Hollywood) on its head by proving that superheroes could not only be profitable but critically viable as well, there were some honest train wrecks, including an incomplete version of “Fantastic Four” and an awful adaptation of “Captain America,” recently released on DVD to tie in with the success of “Captain America: The First Avenger.” Don’t get them confused.
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
Honestly, even looking at the case, much less seeing a minute of footage, clarifies the differences between the high-budget 2011 blockbuster and the 1990 movie that was supposed to be a summer movie tentpole but ended up going straight-to-video and was essentially forgotten by history. There’s a reason many of you probably didn’t know...
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0
Honestly, even looking at the case, much less seeing a minute of footage, clarifies the differences between the high-budget 2011 blockbuster and the 1990 movie that was supposed to be a summer movie tentpole but ended up going straight-to-video and was essentially forgotten by history. There’s a reason many of you probably didn’t know...
- 9/10/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In the wake of Batman’s success in 1989, it appeared to renew interest in movies based on comic books. One of the first, and one of the worst, was the 1990 version of Captain America. The film had actually been announced in the early 1980s from Cannon Films but in the intervening years, the studio folded and the right shifted a bit before Menahem Golan mounted it under his 21st Century banner.
The movie languished in development until the rights were about to expire so director Albert Pyun urged Golan to let him take a crack at getting the film made for about $6 million. Marvel actually approved the script that was shot and Pyun loved its take on America’s fascination with heroism. If only some of that love found its way onto the screen.
The movie was shot in 1989 but wasn’t released theatrically and was finally dumped on video...
The movie languished in development until the rights were about to expire so director Albert Pyun urged Golan to let him take a crack at getting the film made for about $6 million. Marvel actually approved the script that was shot and Pyun loved its take on America’s fascination with heroism. If only some of that love found its way onto the screen.
The movie was shot in 1989 but wasn’t released theatrically and was finally dumped on video...
- 8/30/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Captain America (1990)
Directed by Albert Pyun
Written by Stephen Tolkin, based on a story by Stephen Tolkin and Lawrence Block, based on characters created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
USA, 1990
Fantasia imdb
Dismissed by comic-book fans (those who know of it at all) as the Captain America with the Italian Red Skull, this was a film that I had publicly mused about going to see when I took a look at the Fantasia line-up.
To my surprise, I got the following comment on July 13th from Albert Pyun, director of Captain America, not to mention The Sword and the Sorcerer and Cyborg, “Hey Michael – hope to see you at my screening of Captain America and Tales of an Ancient Empire. Think you will enjoy both. They are sort of throwbacks to the 1980′s cinema and I think a lot of fun and laughs… And I really want to read...
Directed by Albert Pyun
Written by Stephen Tolkin, based on a story by Stephen Tolkin and Lawrence Block, based on characters created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
USA, 1990
Fantasia imdb
Dismissed by comic-book fans (those who know of it at all) as the Captain America with the Italian Red Skull, this was a film that I had publicly mused about going to see when I took a look at the Fantasia line-up.
To my surprise, I got the following comment on July 13th from Albert Pyun, director of Captain America, not to mention The Sword and the Sorcerer and Cyborg, “Hey Michael – hope to see you at my screening of Captain America and Tales of an Ancient Empire. Think you will enjoy both. They are sort of throwbacks to the 1980′s cinema and I think a lot of fun and laughs… And I really want to read...
- 8/10/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will add the 1990 adventure movie Captain America to its MGM’s Limited Edition Collection, the “manufacturing on demand” (Mod) program that the studio launched last fall. It will be available beginning on July 19.
The DVD will be available for sale on online retailers everywhere for a prize of approximately $19.98.
Matt Salinger is Captain America--the one from 1990.
Obviously aiming to capitalize on Paramount’s international theatrical release of Captain America: First Avenger starring Chris Evens on July 22, Fox is hit the archive to pull out the 1990 Captain America, which was directed by Albert Pyun (the man behind 1994′s Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor – need we say more?) and stars Matt Salinger (Babyfever). The story is generally the same as teh original Captain America comic, wherein a genetically-engineer WWII super-soldier emerges from a frozen slumber deep inside a hunk of Arctic ice to many years after...
The DVD will be available for sale on online retailers everywhere for a prize of approximately $19.98.
Matt Salinger is Captain America--the one from 1990.
Obviously aiming to capitalize on Paramount’s international theatrical release of Captain America: First Avenger starring Chris Evens on July 22, Fox is hit the archive to pull out the 1990 Captain America, which was directed by Albert Pyun (the man behind 1994′s Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor – need we say more?) and stars Matt Salinger (Babyfever). The story is generally the same as teh original Captain America comic, wherein a genetically-engineer WWII super-soldier emerges from a frozen slumber deep inside a hunk of Arctic ice to many years after...
- 6/16/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Chicago – Start planning your Halloween marathon now. Last week, we highlighted the Universal wave of titles that included greats like “Shaun of the Dead” and “Army of Darkness” and we’re back with another wave of modern horror classics, including Oscar winners “Silence of the Lambs” and “Misery”.
The Blu-Ray Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s regular column that highlights synopsis, tech details, and special features for titles that might otherwise fall through your Blu-Ray buying cracks, doesn’t usually play favorites, but every good horror fan should have “Manhunter,” “Silence,” “Child’s Play,” and “Misery” in their collection. Whether or not you need to own the “Wrong Turn” films is something only you can decide.
All five titles were released last week, September 15th, 2009. Both “Child’s Play” and “Misery” are presented in a Bd/DVD combo pack with both HD and standard versions of the film.
“Child’s Play”
Photo...
The Blu-Ray Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s regular column that highlights synopsis, tech details, and special features for titles that might otherwise fall through your Blu-Ray buying cracks, doesn’t usually play favorites, but every good horror fan should have “Manhunter,” “Silence,” “Child’s Play,” and “Misery” in their collection. Whether or not you need to own the “Wrong Turn” films is something only you can decide.
All five titles were released last week, September 15th, 2009. Both “Child’s Play” and “Misery” are presented in a Bd/DVD combo pack with both HD and standard versions of the film.
“Child’s Play”
Photo...
- 9/22/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
- Ioncinema.com is proud to feature the rookie and veteran filmmakers showcased and nurtured at the 2008 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. This is part of collection of emailer interviews conducted prior to the festival - we would like to thank the filmmakers for their time and the hardworking publicists for making this possible.] Anna Negri Can you discuss the genesis of this project� How did the initial idea come about? Are there elements that are autobiographical? What was Giovanna Mori's role in the writing process and finally, how did this become a story you wanted to tell?Riprendimi is about a separation and it has some autobiographical elements but as I was writing I realized that they were pretty universal. Now the most eccentric or absurd moments of the films are the ones I adapted from my personal life while the most "normal" were invented but belong
- 1/18/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
VENICE, Italy -- The 59th Venice International Film Festival kicked off Thursday with Julie Taymor's Frida, a biopic of feminist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, amid controversy, confusion and question marks about what lies in store for Europe's oldest film festival. Attending the black-tie opening-night gala and prancing up this year's shorter catwalk was a glittering array of talent spearheaded by Italian icon Sophia Loren in a pink ball gown blowing kisses to the large crowd. She came accompanied by her son Edoardo Ponti and Italian fashion guru Giorgio Armani. A Miramax motorcade steamrolled down the Lido carrying "Frida" star Salma Hayek, co-stars Alfred Molina and Valeria Golino and director Taymor. Gwyneth Paltrow made the short walk after designer Valentino. Chinese actress Gong Li, who is president of the main jury, fellow juror and Italian star Francesca Neri and supermodel Heidi Klum had the flashbulbs popping. Also seen in the VIP seats were Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and MPAA chief Jack Valenti.
- 8/30/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Live Flesh" finds Spanish director Pedro Almodovar working in a more conventional style than usual. But he still manages to work his obsessions into a relatively conventional thriller plot line.
Although lacking the giddy outrageousness that marks the filmmaker's best work, the film contains enough comedy and eroticism to connect with audiences, and may well be his biggest grossing item in years. The closing night attraction at the New York Film Festival, the picture has been picked up for distribution by MGM.
"Live Flesh" begins with a prelude set in Madrid during Franco's reign, where a young prostitute gives birth on a city bus to a boy. Flash forward 20 years, when the now grown-up Victor (Liberto Rabal) is a young man who has a one-night stand with a saucy blond named Elena (Francesca Neri).
A week later, Victor shows up at her apartment hoping to connect again, but Elena is more interested in scoring drugs than repeating the experience. A fight ensues, which attracts the attention of two policeman. During the scuffle that occurs when they intervene, one of them, the handsome David (Javier Bardem, recently seen in "Mouth to Mouth") is shot.
Flash forward again. Victor has served his time in jail, while David, now confined to a wheelchair is married to a newly demure Elena. Victor, still hung up on Elena and also seeking revenge, attempts to insinuate himself into their lives, setting off a complicated chain of events that ends in violence.
Almodovar invests his usual flair and humor into the proceedings, although he is clearly working in a more muted style than usual.
The film suffers from its overly contrived and often ludicrously melodramatic plot line, which the director is only partially able to compensate for through his typically colorful visual design and his talent for wrestling juicy performances from his actors. He also manages to infuse the film with his trademark eroticism, most notably in a torrid sequence between Rabal and Neri.
All of the performances are passionate and convincing, and tech credits are solid, particularly the gorgeous wide-screen lensing.
LIVE FLESH
MGM Distribution
A Goldwyn Films Release
Director, screenplay Pedro Almodovar
Executive producer Augustin Almodovar
Photography Affonso Beato
Editor Jose Salcedo
Music Alberto Iglesias
Color/stereo
Cast:
Victor Liberto Rabal
David Javier Bardem
Elena Francesca Neri
Clara Angela Molina
Sancho Pepe Sancho
Running time -- 100 minutes...
Although lacking the giddy outrageousness that marks the filmmaker's best work, the film contains enough comedy and eroticism to connect with audiences, and may well be his biggest grossing item in years. The closing night attraction at the New York Film Festival, the picture has been picked up for distribution by MGM.
"Live Flesh" begins with a prelude set in Madrid during Franco's reign, where a young prostitute gives birth on a city bus to a boy. Flash forward 20 years, when the now grown-up Victor (Liberto Rabal) is a young man who has a one-night stand with a saucy blond named Elena (Francesca Neri).
A week later, Victor shows up at her apartment hoping to connect again, but Elena is more interested in scoring drugs than repeating the experience. A fight ensues, which attracts the attention of two policeman. During the scuffle that occurs when they intervene, one of them, the handsome David (Javier Bardem, recently seen in "Mouth to Mouth") is shot.
Flash forward again. Victor has served his time in jail, while David, now confined to a wheelchair is married to a newly demure Elena. Victor, still hung up on Elena and also seeking revenge, attempts to insinuate himself into their lives, setting off a complicated chain of events that ends in violence.
Almodovar invests his usual flair and humor into the proceedings, although he is clearly working in a more muted style than usual.
The film suffers from its overly contrived and often ludicrously melodramatic plot line, which the director is only partially able to compensate for through his typically colorful visual design and his talent for wrestling juicy performances from his actors. He also manages to infuse the film with his trademark eroticism, most notably in a torrid sequence between Rabal and Neri.
All of the performances are passionate and convincing, and tech credits are solid, particularly the gorgeous wide-screen lensing.
LIVE FLESH
MGM Distribution
A Goldwyn Films Release
Director, screenplay Pedro Almodovar
Executive producer Augustin Almodovar
Photography Affonso Beato
Editor Jose Salcedo
Music Alberto Iglesias
Color/stereo
Cast:
Victor Liberto Rabal
David Javier Bardem
Elena Francesca Neri
Clara Angela Molina
Sancho Pepe Sancho
Running time -- 100 minutes...
- 10/13/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Italian entry in the 1996 foreign-language Academy Award competition, the political drama "My Generation" (La Mia Generazione) is set during one long day in 1983 and concentrates on a quartet of characters, one of whom is a leftist terrorist serving a 30-year prison term.
Wilma Labate's second feature recently showed at the AFI and Palm Springs film festivals. Its commercial prospects on the domestic front are unpromising given the film's lack of major stars and challenging but often unengaging agenda.
Despite a realistic approach and good performances from leads Silvio Orlando and Claudio Amendola, "My Generation" moves at too slow a pace and fails overall to make the cagey characters as fascinating as they could be.
A dispirited subversive (Amendola) is suddenly given a "month's leave" from prison to see his girlfriend. A cheerful, seemingly sympathetic captain (Orlando) rides with the prisoner and the film becomes the story of their journey, and several interruptions, such as a prison riot and a few tense moments with an anti-terrorist mob bent on revenge.
Francesca Neri, employing many forlorn looks and quizzical expressions reminiscent of Michelle Pfeiffer, has the impossible task of playing the girlfriend. She's seen in several sequences en route to the rendezvous with her old flame, but there's no real effort to get inside her head.
From Alessandro Pesci's stark cinematography to Nicola Piovani's overbearingly somber score, "My Generation" does succeed in showing the courageousness and genuine shame of the terrorist, while the captain believably represents an Italy that is "rotten."
Indeed, the gloomy atmosphere of the film evokes the era, but "My Generation" is frustratingly bereft of fireworks, emotional or otherwise. Deceptive acts of the captain almost crack Amendola's character, but the latter sticks to his principles and maintains loyalty to old comrades for a heavy price.
MY GENERATION
A Compact production
in collaboration with Rai Radiotelevisioner Italiana
and Dania Film
Presented by Maurizio Tini
Director:Wilma Labate
Producer:Maurizio Tini
Writers:Wilma Labate, Paolo Lapponi, Andrea Leoni, Sandro Petraglia
Director of photography:Alessandro Pesci
Art director:Marta Maffucci
Editor:Enzo Meniconi
Costume designer:Metella Raboni
Music:Nicola Piovani
Color/stereo
Cast:
Captain:Silvio Orlando
Braccio:Claudio Amendola
Giulia:Francesca Neri
Concilio:Vincenzo Peluso
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Wilma Labate's second feature recently showed at the AFI and Palm Springs film festivals. Its commercial prospects on the domestic front are unpromising given the film's lack of major stars and challenging but often unengaging agenda.
Despite a realistic approach and good performances from leads Silvio Orlando and Claudio Amendola, "My Generation" moves at too slow a pace and fails overall to make the cagey characters as fascinating as they could be.
A dispirited subversive (Amendola) is suddenly given a "month's leave" from prison to see his girlfriend. A cheerful, seemingly sympathetic captain (Orlando) rides with the prisoner and the film becomes the story of their journey, and several interruptions, such as a prison riot and a few tense moments with an anti-terrorist mob bent on revenge.
Francesca Neri, employing many forlorn looks and quizzical expressions reminiscent of Michelle Pfeiffer, has the impossible task of playing the girlfriend. She's seen in several sequences en route to the rendezvous with her old flame, but there's no real effort to get inside her head.
From Alessandro Pesci's stark cinematography to Nicola Piovani's overbearingly somber score, "My Generation" does succeed in showing the courageousness and genuine shame of the terrorist, while the captain believably represents an Italy that is "rotten."
Indeed, the gloomy atmosphere of the film evokes the era, but "My Generation" is frustratingly bereft of fireworks, emotional or otherwise. Deceptive acts of the captain almost crack Amendola's character, but the latter sticks to his principles and maintains loyalty to old comrades for a heavy price.
MY GENERATION
A Compact production
in collaboration with Rai Radiotelevisioner Italiana
and Dania Film
Presented by Maurizio Tini
Director:Wilma Labate
Producer:Maurizio Tini
Writers:Wilma Labate, Paolo Lapponi, Andrea Leoni, Sandro Petraglia
Director of photography:Alessandro Pesci
Art director:Marta Maffucci
Editor:Enzo Meniconi
Costume designer:Metella Raboni
Music:Nicola Piovani
Color/stereo
Cast:
Captain:Silvio Orlando
Braccio:Claudio Amendola
Giulia:Francesca Neri
Concilio:Vincenzo Peluso
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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