The Wide Blue Road (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1957)

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Cinephrenic · #1 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:07 pm

Can someone comment on this film?

pemmican · #2 Post by **pemmican** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:07 pm

Lush photography/colour, and the coastal Italian locations are lovely. The story tells of the travails of an Italian dynamite fisherman, played by Yves Montand. Pontecorvo makes a political treatise of it, of course - the struggles of a worker to support his family in trying times - but there's a surprisingly romantic element to it. It really is charming.

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Person · #3 Post by **Person** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:09 pm

Shot in color Superscope (2.00:1 ratio). The Milestone/Image Entertainment from 2003 is anamorphic, apparently. Jonathan Demme and Dustin Hoffman love this film and helped to finance the restoration. It sounds like it could be a great film and as I am a fan of Pontecorvo and Yves, I'll take a chance on it.

Thanks for highlighting this film, Cinephrenic!