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...PAOLO AND VITTORIO TAVIANI'S The Night of the Shooting Stars has all the qualities of a wonderful folktale--at once pungently earthy and dreamily fantastic. It unfolds to the leisurely rhythms of its own peculiar inner life and logic. It's a magical film, where the horrors of war, the crude beauty and humor of everyday existence, and the wonder of childhood all intersect in a flash of dream and memory...
Directed and Written by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani...
Since their first feature film in 1962, the brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani have explored the themes and feelings of the Italian left. But their work is no forced march of socialist stereotypes. Like the characters in the Tavianis' Allonsanfan and Padre Padrone, the people of San Martino never surrender their luxuriant individuality. One young woman with a large birthmark on her cheek and a mischievous smile in her eyes tells a virginal girlfriend: "You don't know what it's like to be ugly and still feel beautiful." An angel-faced teen-age boy, whose ardor...
Italy 3, West Germany 1. It was the single most significant soccer score in 44 years for the Italians, whose team had just won its first World Cup since 1938. But the victory was surely sweetest of all for the club's champion striker, Paolo Rossi, 25. He had returned to the sport just two months earlier, after a two-year suspension when he was implicated in a betting scandal. Scoring six goals, Rossi displayed an almost mystical artistry with foot and ball that belied earlier fears. "I'd been morally depressed for so long," he said...
...Paolo Carozza's Michael joins the ranks of the marchers spurred by idealistic desires for a better life. Carozza performs refreshingly with a fervent gleam in his eyes, reflecting his dedication to a clean victory. His upright posture and naively strained voice show the determination of youth...