1900
This edition has the movie spanning two discs, but it will be shipped together and treated as only one title on your ZipList.
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.
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POLITICAL STATEMENT - len1970
1900 is a film that is roughly 30 years old. At the turn of the 20th. century Europe was in a political crossroad and Italy was its best example of how three different political camps were struggling with each other for supremacy. Bertolucci narrates part of the history of the 20th. century with this movie but since it was made in the mid 1970s many of the things that came after may have disappointed him. It is a long movie to watch and at times slow and boring but worth the time to analyze events of the past 100 years.very good - nobbymcdobby
This is the prequel to the Godfather, when Robert DeNiro and Gerard Depanneur get going in their life of crime. It also has Burt Lancaster, our greatest living actor. I thought this movie was great and would like to give it 7 stars out of five but the thing wouldn't let me. I recommend with all of my thumbs.Worth the 5 Hour Run Time - Jimmy_Jam
This 5 hour film has an amazing ability to hypnotize its viewer with camera movement, a great cast, and great story. However, due to its length, some moments of this hypnosis are spent daydreaming about something else. It is a highly dramatisized telling of the peasant/upper-class struggle during 45 years of Italian history, dramatic to the point of suspense in some scenes, which is both a pro and a con. One of the weak spots is dubbing (like all Bertolucci films); De Niro's voice sometimes doesn't fit his actions and expressions, same with Sutherland, Depardieu, and Lancaster. It is impossible not to label it as 'epic,' but the label may be related to the vastness of the project, rather than it's brilliance.
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POLITICAL STATEMENT - len1970
1900 is a film that is roughly 30 years old. At the turn of the 20th. century Europe was in a political crossroad and Italy was its best example of how three different political camps were struggling with each other for supremacy. Bertolucci narrates part ...very good - nobbymcdobby
This is the prequel to the Godfather, when Robert DeNiro and Gerard Depanneur get going in their life of crime. It also has Burt Lancaster, our greatest living actor. I thought this movie was great and would like to give it 7 stars out of five but the thing ...Worth the 5 Hour Run Time - Jimmy_Jam
This 5 hour film has an amazing ability to hypnotize its viewer with camera movement, a great cast, and great story. However, due to its length, some moments of this hypnosis are spent daydreaming about something else. It is a highly dramatisized telling of ...