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This one-way pathos trundles along for three hours slowly, glumly, predictably. Aug 13, 2019 | Full Review…
This one-way pathos trundles along for three hours slowly, glumly, predictably.
Dwight MacDonald
It's as if Sicily has existed in a bubble, unchanging for a century as sons take over the boats of their fathers and children apprentice at their feet, taking their place in "a hopeless slavery." Apr 25, 2015 | Full Review…
It's as if Sicily has existed in a bubble, unchanging for a century as sons take over the boats of their fathers and children apprentice at their feet, taking their place in "a hopeless slavery."
Sean Axmaker
Luchino Visconti's epic account of peasant defiance inflamed and squelched, where to live in poverty is to drown on dry land Apr 17, 2015 | Full Review…
Luchino Visconti's epic account of peasant defiance inflamed and squelched, where to live in poverty is to drown on dry land
Fernando F. Croce
It's a rough slog... but La terra trema shows that Visconti, with just his second feature, was already a master of the medium. Aug 21, 2012 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It's a rough slog... but La terra trema shows that Visconti, with just his second feature, was already a master of the medium.
Christopher Long
Visconti used real Sicilian fishermen as non-actors expressing their circumstances and beliefs. The effect is a powerful portrait of graceful human dignity caught between the cruelty of the sea and opportunistic greed. Apr 12, 2009 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Visconti used real Sicilian fishermen as non-actors expressing their circumstances and beliefs. The effect is a powerful portrait of graceful human dignity caught between the cruelty of the sea and opportunistic greed.
Cole Smithey
It has an operatic quality. Oct 10, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It has an operatic quality.
Dennis Schwartz
Operatic neo-realist tale of downtrodden fishermen Jan 26, 2005 | Full Review…
Operatic neo-realist tale of downtrodden fishermen
Louis Proyect
It's a remarkable social document. Nov 25, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's a remarkable social document.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest films to emerge from the Italian neorealist movement. Oct 26, 2002 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
One of the greatest films to emerge from the Italian neorealist movement.
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