Dear Vittorio Gassman,
I am a huge fan of yours. I admired your wiry and menacing demeanor in Bitter Rice and some of your more comedic roles like in Il Sorpaso, The Great War and Big Deal in Madonna Street. Your performance in Scent of a Woman was very respectable. Though the beard sported by you took away some of the mischievousness of your face. The dubbing was also awful.
The politically incorrect views of Captain Fausto were quite entertaining like comparing some Italian cities to Turkey. Fausto insulting the square passenger with the jasmine perfume on was also quite hilarious. "A man is either born as a poet or a porter" - very wise words indeed, Captain Fausto. His relentless picking on the uptight and the unsuspecting were very amusing. Fausto's attitudes are not too different from some of the characters in other Dino Risi movies. I'm a real bastard ..... A unique and immense bastard ..... I am an eleven of spades - these are some of Fausto's utterances about himself.
Agostina Belli makes a rather late appearance in the film. She has a very beautiful face comparable to the likes of Lee Remick. But the film becomes quite tedious after she makes an entry because Fausto turns into a real grouch. The background score was quite memorable though I might not buy it or anything. The same is the case with the movie. There are many good bits. But I might not watch it again.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(6/10)
I am a huge fan of yours. I admired your wiry and menacing demeanor in Bitter Rice and some of your more comedic roles like in Il Sorpaso, The Great War and Big Deal in Madonna Street. Your performance in Scent of a Woman was very respectable. Though the beard sported by you took away some of the mischievousness of your face. The dubbing was also awful.
The politically incorrect views of Captain Fausto were quite entertaining like comparing some Italian cities to Turkey. Fausto insulting the square passenger with the jasmine perfume on was also quite hilarious. "A man is either born as a poet or a porter" - very wise words indeed, Captain Fausto. His relentless picking on the uptight and the unsuspecting were very amusing. Fausto's attitudes are not too different from some of the characters in other Dino Risi movies. I'm a real bastard ..... A unique and immense bastard ..... I am an eleven of spades - these are some of Fausto's utterances about himself.
Agostina Belli makes a rather late appearance in the film. She has a very beautiful face comparable to the likes of Lee Remick. But the film becomes quite tedious after she makes an entry because Fausto turns into a real grouch. The background score was quite memorable though I might not buy it or anything. The same is the case with the movie. There are many good bits. But I might not watch it again.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(6/10)