[Gary Tooze]

<B>La Terra Trema</b>

I quite liked this film. The theme was almost identical to his <B>"Rocco and His Brothers"</B> which he did 12 years later. It is very sad, almost unnecessarily so, about a family spiralling downward. In this film though it dealt with poverty, with Rocco it was more emotionally based. The neo-realism gave it that honest feel that you never find in modern films anymore... except maybe in documentary's. The DVD comes out today, and I recommend the film to any who have not seen it. I gave a full review <B>HERE</B> but I still have yet to see Visconti's <B>Ossessione</B> and was wondering if I could get some opinions on it? I can see why Scorsese likes Visconti so much... very similar. Visconti uses almost no close-ups and his pace of both films I have seen is extremely even. Although they were both long, it never felt laboured watching them.