Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
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This is a documentary-style Italian drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily. Salvatore Giuliano himself is almost unseen and his career is recalled in flashbacks after his assassination in 1950. With the help of his right-hand man and cousin Gaspare Pisciotta (Frank Wolff), Salvatore becomes a guerilla leader whose resistance to the corrupt politicians dominating his post-war nation leads to his popularity
Feb 28, 1962 Wide
Feb 24, 2004
Criterion Collection
Cast
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Salvo Randone
President of Viterbo As... -
Frank Wolff
Gaspare Pisciotta -
Federico Zardi
Pisciotta's Defense Cou... -
Pietro Cammarata
Salvatore Giuliano -
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Sennuccio Benelli
Reporter -
Max Cartier
Francesco
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This is arguably as good as or better than anything Rosi has done since.
Top CriticAn outstanding film has been fashioned by Francesco Rosi using the story of Sicilian bandit Giuliano as a pretext for a historical, political, and social document of its times.
Stunningly shot in stark black-and-white by Gianni Di Venanzo.
There are no actors acting in "Salvatore Giuliano," only people living and dying for what they believe.
This was the groundbreaking political film of director Francesco Rosi.
The political, historical, and social references are not always clear, which can be distracting, yet this still works and works well.
Rosi is cinema.
Rosi adopts an austere structure with a complex timeframe that provocatively avoids narrative embellishment and the usual emotional padding.
If you want a true insight into the workings of a Mob ruler, this is really the one to watch.
Rosi extended neorealism and made it his own by marrying the realist aesthetic to the exposure of power dynamics
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"Salvatore Giuliano" is for the most part a riveting docudrama about the legendary independence fighter and bandit, the movie spending a good deal of thought wondering about the difference between the two. Throughout, Giuliano is protrayed as a shadowy figure, mostly known by his distinctive white duster as the police and army try more restrictive methods with each successful strike in order to try and stop him and his bandits which in turn just alienates the native populace. And director Francesco Rosi shows a fine touch with the natural locations and crowd scenes. However, the movie almost falls apart at the end due to a marathon court session that instead of resolving the central mystery, just manages to confuse things even further.