Reviews

I was lucky because I went at the screening in original language (O. V) in a Dolby Atmos room teathre. Two hours and half of CINEMA in every way, Villeneuve is one of the best contemporary authors and directors and the Hans Zimmer's original scores are totally immersive. Every character has the own part in the plot, I have particularly appreciate the deep tie between Paul Atredis and his mother Lady Jessica (Timothèe Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson are perfect and they ricreated the right sintony in their roles) while Chani,portrayed by Zendaya, isn't bad, but she looks a "teenager" , including her behaviour, I hope in a growing up of this character in the next chapter. I have found in the screenplay a message with a kind of autocriticsm and similitudes against the current international political situation, in relation with the real conflict between "West culture" (especially with the American one) and the Middle East.

The scenography is truly amazing and it is a proof that the traditional way to make films, still can conexist in this period where the digital effects dominate the management of the productions. This approach, in some ways, it reminds me what happened 20 years ago with : "The Lord of the Rings trilogy", especially with : "The Fellowship of the Ring". I have the same enthusiasm about the costumes, props making and makeup.

In my humble opinion : "Dune - Part One" could be considered a hybrid between an independent and an entertainment film, certainly is not a film for all. The runtime long need to understand very well the story and the characters, because this it is just a "hors d'oeuvre" (an appetizer). At the end of the film there was a deserved standing ovation.

Now? Crossed the fingers for the sequel.

I liked it. Although certain events of the so-called "Second Mafia war" took place, between the 1981-83, have been changed and rightly accelerated due to the film's rhythms (for istance the death of Salvatore Inzerillo is set in 1982 and not 1981 and is little bit different about how he was killed). Bellocchio has been able to discreetly direct a film that is not at all simple and above all with a character as a protagonist absolutely not easy to manage.

Favino is certainly the strong point of the whole film, with a really intense acting from beginning to end. So much has fallen well in the shoes of Buscetta that sometimes seems to see and above all feel the real Don Masino. The Maxi-Trial of 1986, shot among other things in the Palermo's bunker room, the same where the real historical juridical process took place is certainly the point that entertains the viewer the most. The comparison between Calò and Buscetta is truly faithful to what was really there, the same thing the scenes with the other Pentito, Salvatore Contorno, the scenes when he speaks fluent sicilian slang are really similar with the original deposition, but having proposed with other realism also other salient moments with the other defendants was really classy. Perhaps the film falls just in the act after the Maxi-Trial and following the 1992's Massacres (Capaci and Via d'Amelio) , when going towards the conclusion by now the same Buscetta becomes precisely more and more "invisible" and without anything more particularly interesting to reveal.