Tuesday, June 20, 2017
171 - Il Sorpasso, 1962, Italy. Dir. Dino Risi
This is a joyful film.
No matter what the ending may be.
Road trip.
Opposites.
Abbott and Costello.
Laurel and Hardy.
Left-Brained and Right-Brained.
Metapbysical and Cavalier.
Baroque and Romantique.
Apollonian and Dionysian.
Roberto and Bruno.
Roberto is studying law. He comes from the country. From a good family. He is sincere. And shy.
Bruno is a free spirit. From the city. He lives in Rome. He wants to have a good time.
It is August 15. A holiday. The streets are empty.
Bruno can find no one to hang with. His friends abandoned him. He was an hour late. What were they thinking?
He asks Roberto to use his phone.
He asks him to spend the day with him.
And the second day.
They have adventures.
Two new friends.
Opposites.
On the road.
This is the prototype for Easy Rider.
And a dozen other movies.
It is joyful.
Check it out.
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