Word: paisan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tight Little Island. 2. The Heiress. 3. They Had What It Took. 4. Paisan. 5. The Bicycle Thief...
Anyone who did not see "Open City" and "Paisan" when they were first released several years ago should not miss the impressive double bill now playing at the Kenmore. Directed by Rossellini, these two movies of war-time Italy are great examples of the New Italian Film--exciting, brutal, and even at times humorous...
...Paisan," which is a series of six unconnected episodes tracing the Allied advance through Italy, set in the of the Po River. The other episodes, while sometimes over-sentimental, are also memorable. "Open City" is a tense account of the underground movement in Rome, but more than that it is the story of a man's willingness to undergo torture for his ideals...
Along the way to this clumsy denouement, Stromboli offers some well-shot scenery, a volcanic eruption and an exciting tuna-fishing sequence. Virtually nothing suggests the Rossellini who directed Open City and Paisan. Though he has disowned the film as RKO's tampered version, much of the blame is clearly...