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Watch Big Deal on Madonna Street - Criterion Collection Online

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments
Big Deal on Madonna Street - Criterion Collection

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I Soliti Ignoti- I absolutely esteem this movie. It is one large italian comedy with a sparkling cast at its best in portraying the simplistic and realistic roles of petty criminals. Because of the nature of the characters and their ridiculous behaviour in the proceedings of their procedure to buy a pawnshop, the viewers won’t be able to refrain from laughter and bask in this gang’s hopeless adventure. For anyone who loves this movie as noteworthy as I do, I recommend to gape its sequel made a year later by Nanni Loy: “Audace Colpo dei Soliti Ignoti”, with only the absence of Mastroianni but the addition of Nino Manfredi- Clear it’s not as broad as the first, but having liked these characters so grand it is natural that one would want to ogle them benefit in action with yet another “scientifically” schemed project along with all their mishaps as usual…and of course, a minute more of the unfolding romance of the couple portrayed by Claudia Cardinale and Renato Salvatori. Unfortunately this movie will be hard to regain, and it is without subtitles. (Do not confuse this with a third sequel made 20 yrs later which, by the procedure, I do not recommend at all.) For anyone who hasn’t seen Enormous Deal On Madonna St, please do peep it.

This Italian parody of Jules Dassin’s *Rififi* turns out to be, after all is said and done, a better movie. Interestingly, it finally seems more current than Dassin’s crime movie, despite its sure mocking of Italian Neo-Realist pretensions AND the hard-bitten *Rififi* (itself a derivation of 1940’s American film noirs) . *Big Deal on Madonna Street* basically justifies director Mario Monicelli’s career . . . at least in my eyes, for I’ve never noteworthy cared for most of his movies. His films have a very narrow interest, meaning, you really have to be Italian to “fetch” them. In *Big Deal*, Monicelli goes for something more universal with this spoof of the massively infuential French noir, and attains sundry brilliancies. Firstly, the characters are unforgettably individualized, with tics and situations that often turn the gangster archetype on its head. Marcello Mastroianni, for instance, is babysitting his infant while his WIFE serves a short term in jail for smuggling! And somehow the director manages to mock the post-War Italian cinema’s unblinking concept (a notion which was monotonously repeated, starting with Rosselini’s *Open City*) of the desperate jam of the country’s working-class while AT THE SAME TIME carrying on most poignantly that tradition. For a comedy, there’s a heck of a lot of dirty jails, dirty streets, and dirty people. The view of a colossal robbery — a one-time “ample glean” — is natural on these streets. The overall tone is light, but the grim realities are not hidden. This is not a “hilarious” comedy . . . at least until we come by to the Immense Caper, which is a smorgasbord of silly ineptness. I won’t extinguish it by describing it; observe it for yourself. By the draw, this movie was itself re-made (more or less) twice: Louis Malle tried to Americanize it in his *Crackers* (don’t bother), and Woody Allen lightly essayed it unbiased recently with his *Small-time Crooks*. Having praised *Big Deal on Madonna Street*, I will add the caveat that a prior knowledge of *Rififi* and Italian Neo-Realist cinema will enhance your enjoyment of the film. [I'm sorry to characterize that Criterion's DVD is, simply do, infamous. No features but a trailer, and the subtitles are poorly done, flashing on and off the shroud like subliminal messages. As this is a later release (#113, I contemplate), there are no excuses for the shoddiness. It's handsome to put a question to excellence from Criterion, particularly because their products are so expensive. Oh well.]
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