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Old 08-24-2005, 11:59 PM   #1 of 9
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MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #329 - THE FILMS OF GILLO PONTECORVO


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Volume #329- Gillo Pontecorvo

Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
Another World Is Possible (2001)
I Corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
Nostalgia di protezione (1997)
Danza della fata confetto (1996)
12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Udine")
L'Addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Ogro (1980)
Burn! (1969)
The Battle of Algiers (1965)
Paras (1963)
Kapò (1959)
Pane e zolfo (1959)
The Wide Blue Road (1957)
Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)
Giovanna (1955)
Festa a Castelluccio (1954)
Porta Portese (1954)
Missione Timiriazev (1953)




My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5, Privilege (1967,Peter Watkins) 4/5, Risky Business (1983,Paul Brickman) 4/5, The Free Will (2006,Matthias Glasner) 5/5, Speed Racer (2008,The Wachowski Brothers) 4/5, Lakeview Terrace (2008,Neil LaBute) 3/5, Burn After Reading (2008,Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 4/5
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Old 08-25-2005, 12:00 AM   #2 of 9
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Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
Another World Is Possible (2001)
I Corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
Nostalgia di protezione (1997)
Danza della fata confetto (1996)
12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Udine")
L'Addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Ogro (1980)
Burn! (1969) (Own the VHS)
The Battle of Algiers (1965) (Own the DVD)
Paras (1963)
Kapò (1959)
Pane e zolfo (1959)
The Wide Blue Road (1957)
Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)
Giovanna (1955)
Festa a Castelluccio (1954)
Porta Portese (1954)
Missione Timiriazev (1953)

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My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5, Privilege (1967,Peter Watkins) 4/5, Risky Business (1983,Paul Brickman) 4/5, The Free Will (2006,Matthias Glasner) 5/5, Speed Racer (2008,The Wachowski Brothers) 4/5, Lakeview Terrace (2008,Neil LaBute) 3/5, Burn After Reading (2008,Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 4/5
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Old 08-25-2005, 01:10 AM   #3 of 9
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1. The Battle of Algiers - A
2. The Wide Blue Road - B+


Would like to see more.



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Last 10 Films Watched:
Retribution - B / Frontiers - C
The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B
Lost Boys: The Tribe - C+ / The War of the Gargantuas - B


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Old 08-25-2005, 05:39 AM   #4 of 9
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The Battle of Algiers (1965)



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Old 08-25-2005, 06:56 AM   #5 of 9
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Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
Another World Is Possible (2001)
I Corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
Nostalgia di protezione (1997)
Danza della fata confetto (1996)
12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Udine")
L'Addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Ogro (1980)
Burn! (1969)
The Battle of Algiers (1965)

Paras (1963)
Kapò (1959)
Pane e zolfo (1959)
The Wide Blue Road (1957)
Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)
Giovanna (1955)
Festa a Castelluccio (1954)
Porta Portese (1954)
Missione Timiriazev (1953)



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Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

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Old 08-25-2005, 11:16 AM   #6 of 9
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Seen Battle of Algiers, very eager to see Burn!
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Old 08-27-2005, 01:23 PM   #7 of 9
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In order of merit:


1.The Battle of Algiers (1965) **** - both Italian and French/Arabian language versions
2.Burn! (1969) *** - edited US version only, so far, but I do have the full-length Italian-language version on VHS


I'd be interested in THE WIDE BLUE ROAD (1957), KAPO` (1959) and OGRO (1980).
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