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La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)
Makers of Titanic, Watch this and WEEP.
The Legend Of 1900 is the story of a boy found as a baby on a transatlantic liner on the first day of the new century. He grows up on the ship, and as an incredibly skilled pianist, out plays a legendary Jazz musician. But he will not leave the ship.
This film is wonderful in many respects. It evokes the atmosphere of a luxury ocean going liner superbly and is beautifully filmed. Here end any comparisons with Titanic. The screen play is superb. The story is subtle, engaging, moving and intelligent. The makers of Titanic should watch this film, because it demonstrates how to tell a story on a ship, that is more remarkable than the ship itself. Then they should feel bad that their second rate film gained worldwide publicity, and this gem did not. Compare the 37000 votes Titanic has received to the mere 300 this film has received.
The are also tremendously interesting themes running through this film, of our fear of the unknown, and the acceptance of the macrocosm into which we are born, for which the Truman Show was so notable.
Altogether, a marvelous piece. See it.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
How can this film be at #8?
Ok, Saving Private Ryan was a good film. The D-Day landing scene at the beginning could well be the most realistic depiction of conflict ever made. This was easily the film's best feature. However, after that, it just went downhill. The story was utterly unconvincing, and although it was depicted graphically and with immense skill, it doesn't (ever) excuse it. The ending of the film was probably the singly most uninspiring and cliched, for a film that deals with the epic issues that this one attempts (not very well) to grapple with. I enjoyed this film, but my question is how can it be at #8? Or even in the top hundred? Can a film that relies so heavily on it's skilled making and so little on it's depth really be among the masterpieces (mostly) in the top ten movies?
Prometheus (1998)
I consider this to be the best film I have ever seen.
Of all the films I have seen, this must be the most intelligent and thoughtful. Many films deal with philosophical issues through characterization, plot etc, but this film takes them on directly, and the philosophy becomes the main theme rather than something that is explored as in a conventional (good) film). This is an extremely abstract film, open to a lot of different interpretations. However, if you are prepared to sit through the unconventional movie you have ever seen, and are of a cynical nature, you will love this film. It is a modern interpretation of the classical legend of prometheus, who stole fire from the gods, and is the most bitter and cutting attack on the free market economy you are likely to find. A group of unemployed steel workers are transformed into a 40 foot golden statue of prometheus, which is driven across Europe, through Auschwitz, industrial Eastern Europe, and finally to Greece. Hermes narrates. The film is so good, you wonder if the ending will let it down, but it is more inspired than you could imagine. For film fans (serious ones), those with an interest in classics and disillusioned intellectuals, this film is to die for. Everybody, attempt to see this. It is a masterpiece.