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...ORGANIZER. Director Mario (Big Deal on Madonna Street) Monicelli's vivid, moving, timelessly beautiful portrait of 19th century Italy comes into sharp focus on Marcello Mastroianni, demonstrating his remarkable versatility as a socialist Savonarola who leads Turin textile workers in a strike that fails...
...MARIO SCHIFANO - Odyssia, 41 East 57th...
...were met by Mr. Mario Giampa, manager of the State, who was to validate our press pass. Remembering that a second film was on the bill, we asked Mr. Giampa, while he inspected our card, "Which one's on now?" He replied, "The lousy one," and we wilted at the thought that Heavenly Bodies might, after all, be what some people we don't know very well call a 'skin flick.' Hoping Mr. Giampa was referring to the lesser feature, we asked, almost suggested, "White Slavery?" He answered "Yeah." We sighed with relief. Sensing our anxiety, Mr. Joseph Watson...
...then Mr. Watson interrupted: (irrelevantly we thought) "The Orgy at Lil's Place, everyone said it stunk--but it lasted five weeks." Mario enthusiastically agreed, "Businesswise it was terrific! Yet they don't care how lousy a picture is. All they care about is how much money it takes in." Though touched by Mario's ambivalence, our earlier fears about the film's genre were fast rematerializing. But now Mario had us in arm, urging us to "interview Mrs. Ascher our glamorous candy attendent...
...here awhile you'll get your own opinion." Leaning forward she explained, "We used to have very good movies, but people either don't know how to read or they're too lazy to read, and we can't please everybody--it's very hard. "Much sobered we thanked Mario, Joe, Al, and Mrs. Ascher and took our place in the all male audience. Heavenly Bodies, admittedly, is a "girlie" film but as Joe says, it's "a good one, a very good...