Word: bordellos
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...Anarchy. A peasant anarchist named Tunin comes to Rome to kill Mussolini. But his intention--which at first balanced the ideological and the personal into committed purpose--becomes perverted when he enters the city and a life where people market themselves out of bitterness and fear. Here, at the bordello where he prepares for his mission, as he clings to his humanity he can only lose his vision. He sets a trap for himself. One of the best political films in a long while...
Fortunately Wertmuller blossoms out when she develops the other, more superficial characters, and intersperses the dull story with irrelevant but delightfully hectic scenes at the bordello. Salome, Tunin's contact in the city (played with spirit and finesse by Mariangela Melato), is blessed with all the wit and energy he lacks. With the tough elegance and self-assurance of a top whore in a classy joint, she adds a crucial dimension of sensuality and realism. Salome's bawdy repartees offer Wertmuller just the link she needs to trigger off comic scenes. Her vivid style is distinctly reminiscent of Fellini (with...
...heart-wrenching all at once. The would-be assassin, played wonderfully by Giancarlo Giannini, is a not too politically astute anarchist who takes on his task after seeing a friend of his murdered by the Fascists. While waiting to take his shot, he is cared for in a bordello where the film's best scenes take place. Wertmuller's movie works both as human drama and as a vehicle for raising political issues. The human elements are finely portrayed, the politics--primarily involving the question of personal sacrifice--often become confused and issues are never successfully resolved. But this...
Even before Edna's time, the place was as much a part of the community as the general store. During the Depression, farm boys with no money paid with chickens - hence the bordello's name. In more prosperous times, the house was good for the town's econ omy. Says Lester Zapalac, publisher of the La Grange Journal, the town's only newspaper: "The girls bought all their clothes here, their eats. It brought busi ness for the community." When the town would hold a big barbecue, the girls at Edna's, of course, were...
Some South Koreans, however, are disturbed by the fact that their country seems to be turning into Japan's bordello. An American tourist, shoved around at Kimpo Airport by a mass of eager arrivals from Tokyo, asked...