Paniz2002

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Amnèsia
(2002)

Amnèsia is a metaphor of society: appear and entertain ourselves is the only way to escape from reality...
Salvatores makes a sort of "Pulp Fiction"'s story, where comedy and drama are linked together, with a fragmented narrative structure and the same story analyzed from two different points of view. The setting of the movie is an hypnotic Ibiza, with discotheques, clubs, coffee shops and bordellos; the principal theme is the eternal conflict between fathers (D. Abatantuono - J. Puigcorbè) and sons (M. Stella - R. Ochandiano): these stories are mixed with sex scandals and drugs problems. Interesting are the technical aspects: when the two stories are going to mix, Salvatores starting to use the "split screen", ending only when all the characters are together. A good movie, also because is uncommon and different from other Italian productions.

P.s.: sorry for my incorrect English!

Asini
(1999)

A sweet and romantic Italian story
It isn't the prototype of the Italian comedy: "Asini" ("Donkeys") speak about a group of young guys without parents or considered from their parents out of time, out of society that live in a farm house managed by "strange" monks that teach them the beauty of the simple things. Italo (C. Bisio) is a rugby player that is very similar to the guys of the farm house: no serious work, no serious girlfriend...he's not happy of his life because he hasn't find his role in the society. One day Italo received the proposal to teach gym to the guys of this strange farm house; he accepted, ignoring that this experience will be useful also for him. Guys will learn how to face life using their repressed rage, and Italo will find his place and his dimension in the world. Very soft, very sweet...very Italian!!!

p.s.: sorry for my incorrect English...!

Zoolander
(2001)

The best Stiller's movie I've ever seen...!!!
Watch this movie: it's Ben Stiller! In this movie we can find Stiller as an actor and the director, his father (Jerry Stiller) and his wife (Christine Taylor), so here there's all his life, as a man and as an actor. The collaboration with Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell, that we can find also in "Starsky & Hutch", is unbelievable! Comicity, irony, gags are the essence of this movie, based on the life of a model at the end of his career, Derek Zoolander, that has been recruit, after a brainwash, to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The incredible number of stars that participate and appears in this movie (Stephen Diorf, Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, John Voight, David Bowie, Billy Zane, Winona Ryder and many others...) makes this movie unique!

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