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Best movie ever!
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
An early documentary film in the style of Chantal Akerman's `D'Est' or Vertov's cinema verite, including the sounds and whistles of trains, and a view from on high looking down at passengers waiting for a train, capturing individuals who seem to be caught out of time, similar to Zurlini's later films such as `The Desert of the Tartars,' revealing a complacency, an involuntarily acceptance of an established, prevailing order, a kind of wordless, avant-garde cinema.Also on the same program, Zurlini's 1952 `The Boxers,' featuring the gorgeous cinematography of Tino Santoni, mixing some unusual jazz music with the physicality of boxing, a wonderful feature. `The Market of Faces' also in 1952 reveals several film extras who are waiting to be hired, each with a different perspective. `Soldiers in the City' in 1953 was my favorite, as it had the best written script, revealing an inner life of young men away from home who are lonely, childish men subject to discovery by younger kids looking for a game of soccer, but who eventually break young girl's hearts, as they are also caught out of place, out of time. `Penny Serenade' in 1954 was the weakest feature, in my opinion, as the script was the most obvious and predictable, a study or organ grinder players from Napoli, who are themselves poor, but their families back home are desperate for money. Finally, `La Stazione' in 1955 was perhaps the most advanced stylistically.