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Brown University Presents Il Cinema Ritrovato,Film Review Film Review: Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) To follow up my previous piece about the great films showing at Il Cinema Ritrovato next week, I am reviewing another film that will be shown during the festival: Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion, a fascinating, but somewhat forgotten thriller that won the best foreign film Oscar in 1971. Investigation… concerns a police detective who kills his girlfriend and leaves plenty of evidence behind to prove that he is indeed “above suspicion.” Even after the initial crime he goes out of his way to implicate himself and exonerate other suspects while slowly mentally unraveling due to the stress of not being caught. All of this is set to a backdrop of leftist protestors and widespread government spying, which is legitimized by the conservative government’s fear of the liberal left. Ultimately an expertly crafted satire, Investigation… is equal parts comedy, giallo and poliziotteschi, or for those who are unfamiliar with Italian cinema, comedy, murder mystery and investigation thriller. The writing is complex and intriguing while the acting is pitch perfect throughout, even though the tone of the film shifts from comedy to taught suspense. Fans of Italian cinema will certainly recognize two of the film’s stars Gian Maria Volonté (For A Few Dollars More, A Fistful Of Dollars) and Florinda Bolkan (A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin, Don’t Torture A Duckling). And while we’re on the subject of recognition, the score to this film was composed by none other than Ennio Moricone and is certainly one of the most memorable scores of his long and varied career. Director Elio Petri is well regarded as a political filmmaker, and no matter what genre he is working in he crafts a film with leftist leanings and a political subtext. Investigation…, while an entertaining piece of popular cinema, is also a harsh satirical criticism of the perceived fascist police state of Italy at the time and of the ways in which the police treat everyday citizens and suspects while investigating a crime. While the film ends on an ambiguous note it seems safe to surmise that our protagonist will not be treated in the same manner that we saw other suspects being treated earlier in the film. So what else is there to say other than check this film out? It’s really worth taking advantage of this opportunity to see it on the big screen. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion; Dir: Elio Petri; Starring: Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan This film will screen Thurs, March 19, 7pm, as part of the Il Cinema Ritrovato series at the Granoff Center For The Arts, 154 Angell St, Providence. Brown University Presents Il Cinema Ritrovato One of the great things about writing for Motif is cluing people in to theatrical events that otherwise might go unnoticed by the general film-going public. Next week the Italian Studies Department at Brown University will present a touring version of Il Cinema Ritrovato, a yearly festival held to showcase the restoration work performed by the Cineteca of Bologna, Italy. Starting Mon, March 16, they will showcase five nights of restored classics ranging from a selection of Chaplin shorts to the 1970 winner of the best foreign film Oscar Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion. One of the great films screening will be Angst (1954), the last film Roberto Rossellini directed, starring his wife Ingrid Bergman before they were divorced. Angst concerns Irene Wagner (Bergman), a factory owner who cheated on her husband and is now being blackmailed by an ex-girlfriend of the man with whom she had the affair. As the plot twists and turns, we find out that there may be more behind the blackmail than we originally thought. Based on a book by Stefan Zweig, Angst is a well-written and taught drama with thriller overtones, which the cast navigates perfectly. The film is also a phenomenally shot film that seemingly blends the visual styles of both film noir and neo realism. It is wonderfully shot by Carlo Carlini, who shot many great Italian films, such as The Big Gundown and one of my favorite underseen films, The Bloodstained Butterfly. Rossellini is considered to be a masterful director and this is evident even in his lesser-known films such as this one, which from what I can tell isn’t even available in the US on DVD. Angst (La Paura) (1954); Dir: Roberto Rossellini; Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt Il Cinema Ritrovato runs March 16 through 20 at the Granoff Center For The Arts, 154 Angell St, Providence. All screenings start at 7pm and are free to the public. For more info on the films, head over to cineritrovatobrown.weebly.com. And if Angst sounds interesting to you it screens Wed, March 18. Film Review: What We Do In The Shadows For my first official review at Motif, I couldn’t have lucked out more since What We Do In The Shadows is such a treat of a film. Brought to us by the creators of “Flight Of The Concords,” this horror comedy from New Zealand defies the limited expectations that come with the description “comedy horror mockumentary” and delivers a hilarious, but extremely well-made send- up of the vampire genre. The film’s set-up is that a small documentary crew has been given access to a group of vampires who are all housemates in modern day New Zealand. We follow three main vampires, Viago, Vladislav and Deacon, with occasional appearances by their fourth housemate, Petyr, as they navigate their daily lives, which includes household chores, city nightlife, learning modern technology and encountering werewolf packs. Meanwhile, the group’s daily dynamic is thrown into turmoil when they have to educate and guide a new vampire and navigate the social politics of their semi annual ball, The Unholy Masquerade. What We Do In The Shadows is definitely one of the funniest films I have seen in the past couple of years. The film is convincingly shot, well acted and wonderfully written, and I believe that this film will go down as a classic horror comedy since the humor is purely situational while not making fun of the genre. Clearly a lot of research into vampire mythology was done in order to create a well-rounded representation of the subgenre while offering nods to numerous classics of vampire films and literature. It is also worth noting that the comedy and horror moments are balanced wonderfully, which will make this an enjoyable viewing experience for fans of either genre. I recommend this for anyone who likes to have fun at the movies. What We Do In The Shadows will be screening at the Cable Car Cinema starting Fri, March 6. Please refer to their website for times. Is it too early to proclaim this one of the best films of the year? What We Do In The Shadows (2014); Dir: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi; Starring: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh; At The Cable Car Cinema. Documenting an Emergency (R)Evolution To say that emergency medicine has changed a lot over the last 60 years would be an understatement. Frankly it was built from the ground up in that time. The documentary 24/7/365: The Evolution Of Emergency Medicine, narrated by Anthony Edwards of the old ER TV show, tells the story of the emergence of emergency medicine as a specialized study and highlights a number of the doctors responsible for establishing the systems of emergency care common today. The documentary is split into multiple sections with titles such as “The Bad Old Days” and “The First Residents” to help lay out the chronology of emergency medicine in the wake of World War II. During and after the war, many Americans moved to city centers and away from their family doctors, but most city hospitals were not equipped for much beyond a simple suture. Emergency rooms, as we know them now, were usually just disused basement rooms without proper staffing. Different plans were implemented by different hospitals and had varying degrees of success such as The Pontiac Plan in Pontiac, Mich, which arranged to have doctors who worked in the hospital take shifts in the emergency department while other doctors, such as Dr. Mills of Alexandria, Va, gave up his regular and successful practice to concentrate on working in his local emergency department. These measures were a step in the right direction, but doctors knew they needed proper training for emergency medicine and that it had to be a board certified specialty. The medical establishment fought this notion. 24/7/365: The Evolution Of Emergency Medicine takes us from those shaky beginnings to the post- Vietnam establishment of trained paramedics to more recent laws preventing hospitals from turning people away without at least giving them required basic care. Two of the films’ contributors, writer and producer Dr. Mark Brady and interviewee and consultant Dr. Brian Zink, provided insight into this project. Dr. Zink said, “I wrote a book called Anyone, Anything, Anytime – a History of Emergency Medicine that was published in 2006. I interviewed many of the founders of the field of emergency medicine and spent three years researching the early history of the specialty. Mark Brady and others read the book and Mark got the idea to make a documentary using the basic story I put together and re-interviewing many of the key people with video.” This is one of the more informative documentaries I have seen recently, and I was curious about the film’s intentions.
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