Lovers of post-war Italian cinema -- neo-realism and what evolved from this -- might want to check out the current program of the
Film Society of Lincoln Center:
Scrivere Il Cinema: The Films of Suso Cecchi d'Amico, which plays from November 26th through December 1st at
The Walter Reade Theater.
Born Giovanna Cecchi, Suso (shown below) was responsible for many of the finest film of her day -- a day which lasted from 1914 through 2010 (she left us only a few months ago). Working with and for
de Sica (on
Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan and more) to
Visconti (
Senso,
Rocco and His Brothers and
The Leopard, among others),
Antonioni, (
Le Amíche) and
Monicelli (
Big Deal on Madonna Street), her range and interests were wide and her talent deep and true.
The FSLC program gives us the chance to see again some of her best work, perhaps this time viewing the films with a stronger emphasis on her collaborative screen-writing skills. On the program are some movies we rarely have to opportunity to see: Monicelli's
The Passionate Thief starring
Anna Magnani, Visconti's
Sandra with
Claudia Cardinale, and
Alessandro Blasetti's
Too Bad She's Bad (from 1954 and with
Loren and
Mastroianni -- before most of us even knew who they
were).
Click
here for the entire program and then -- go to town!
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