My major complaint with the film is how it essentially glosses over Morricone's most famous film composition: his theme for Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
How was that even possible in a movie that runs more than two-and-a-half hours?
I also found it befuddling that Martin Scorsese wasn't among the talking head interview subjects. Surely Tornatore asked him to participate.
I'd love to know his reasons for passing since Scorsese has never been shy about celebrating cinema greats.
Also thought there was too much time accorded to relatively unknown (in the U. S.) Italian directors Morricone worked with throughout his career.
Bertolucci, Argento, Caviani, sure, but even a dedicated cinephile like me had no idea who many of the most frequent interview subjects were.
Tornatore made one very good (if somewhat overrated) film: "Cinema Paradiso." This falls into the same category on the basis of its euphoric reviews which seem to be confusing Morricone's genius with this flawed doc's mere adequacy.
I also found it befuddling that Martin Scorsese wasn't among the talking head interview subjects. Surely Tornatore asked him to participate.
I'd love to know his reasons for passing since Scorsese has never been shy about celebrating cinema greats.
Also thought there was too much time accorded to relatively unknown (in the U. S.) Italian directors Morricone worked with throughout his career.
Bertolucci, Argento, Caviani, sure, but even a dedicated cinephile like me had no idea who many of the most frequent interview subjects were.
Tornatore made one very good (if somewhat overrated) film: "Cinema Paradiso." This falls into the same category on the basis of its euphoric reviews which seem to be confusing Morricone's genius with this flawed doc's mere adequacy.
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