The Sicilian (1987)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 146m
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Christophe Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland
Synopsis:
The career of Sicilian bandit and demagogue, Salvatore Giuliano, who was protected by a powerful Don, but got too big for his boots.
Review:
Like all Cimino films splendid in its parts, but a more cohesive whole than some, this is by no means the turkey it was toted as at the time, when, as often, it was not given a sufficient release by Fox to allow people to see for themselves. In its undeniable beauty and untrammelled romanticism it is the complete obverse of Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano, as if Cimino had seen Subway and transplanted Lambert's persona wholesale to Godfather territory. Images recalling the Coppola films abound, great performances do not.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 146m
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Christophe Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland
Synopsis:
The career of Sicilian bandit and demagogue, Salvatore Giuliano, who was protected by a powerful Don, but got too big for his boots.
Review:
Like all Cimino films splendid in its parts, but a more cohesive whole than some, this is by no means the turkey it was toted as at the time, when, as often, it was not given a sufficient release by Fox to allow people to see for themselves. In its undeniable beauty and untrammelled romanticism it is the complete obverse of Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano, as if Cimino had seen Subway and transplanted Lambert's persona wholesale to Godfather territory. Images recalling the Coppola films abound, great performances do not.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 146m
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Christophe Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland
Synopsis:
The career of Sicilian bandit and demagogue, Salvatore Giuliano, who was protected by a powerful Don, but got too big for his boots.
Review:
Like all Cimino films splendid in its parts, but a more cohesive whole than some, this is by no means the turkey it was toted as at the time, when, as often, it was not given a sufficient release by Fox to allow people to see for themselves. In its undeniable beauty and untrammelled romanticism it is the complete obverse of Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano, as if Cimino had seen Subway and transplanted Lambert's persona wholesale to Godfather territory. Images recalling the Coppola films abound, great performances do not.