Although not quite so wonderful as the Disney-produced 1951 animated version directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske, Norman Z. McLeod’s Alice in Wonderland, which is populated by heavily made-up actors, is a gem. It is quaint, richly Victorian although much simpler than the two books upon which it is based, Alice’s Adventures […]
Daily Archives: June 21, 2010
Those who enjoy Pietro Germi’s comedies see satire in them, while I see broad, raucous farce given a mere patina of satire to justify their sour disposition and rank misogynism. Sedotta e abbandonata gave me not a single moment of pleasure. It won as best film and for Germi’s direction at the David di Donatello […]
Dennis Grunes 