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Old 03-12-2006, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Serrart
Just some:
Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick had to deconstruct a real couple and at the same time make Tom Cruise believable.

A passage to India: a dying director had to reflect the dying dimension of two cultures, and he managed to keep some of the rage that makes the book so vivid.

Roma cittÃ* aperta: no money, no actors (except for Magnani, Fabrizi and few others), no technical materials, till the last phase of the shooting, thanks to an American soldier who loved cinema and was a distributor at home. And it came out such a masterpiece.

Romy
As I recall, he died right after that film was completed, didnt he?
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