Die Erde bebt (1948)
40KDie Erde bebt: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso, Nicola Castorino. In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
“I saw this movie Friday night on TCM. Iu0026#39;d never heard of it, but Iu0026#39;m a neorealismo fan, so I watched. Iu0026#39;m sorry I didnu0026#39;t tape it, what an epic! Like u0026quot;The bicycle thief,u0026quot; this movie uses real people, and almost feels like a documentary at times. I agree that the sentiments are rather marxist, but I have to admit that if I lived as these people do, I might be drawn to communism, too. There are some subtle (or maybe not so subtle) references to the politics of the times, wall posters about Mussolini and the hammer and sickle images painted on the walls. Oddly, this movie reminded me somewhat of u0026quot;Man of Aran,u0026quot; the images are that stark, life is that bleak. The film is beautifully shot, and the story is wrenching. Watch it if you get the opportunity. It memorializes a way of life that is gone, and Iu0026#39;ll bet thereu0026#39;s not a single person who misses it.”
