Ugly, Dirty and Bad

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m B @RT24742035 7h Ugly, Dirty and Bad is a masterpiece of Italian cinema that refuses easy consolation. It does not aim to please or reassure, but instead confronts the viewer with raw human decay, blending grotesque comedy with harsh social tragedy. It rejects Hollywood-style storytelling, where clarity, closure, and moral resolution are expected. Instead, it embraces ambiguity and discomfort. Ettore Scola observes rather than explains, allowing chaos, contradiction, and moral confusion to emerge without guidance. To demand a clear solution from it is to misunderstand its purpose. Its strength lies precisely in this refusal to transform suffering into comfort. Parasite owes a great deal to this tradition. Bong Joon-ho inherits Scola’s ability to fuse social satire, tragedy, and grotesque humour into a single narrative force, turning class conflict into discomfort, irony, and dark comedy. In this sense, Scola’s influence extends far beyond Italy. See more 12/05/2014 Very amusing in an offensive sort of way. See more 03/27/2012 This is an interesting film, part comedy, part social depicton of a family living in a slum in roma during the 70's! It's quite dry & bleak but somehow it's catchy and entertaining! It's a film from an other era that's for sure, when families where big & life was not turning around social recognition or facebook to say the least! It was a time of toughness & economic harship for italy and maybe for Europe in General. This film has a radical view point & is in complete osmosis with it's subject! It's a gritty & dirty film, filled with incredible chracters & too many truth about what the future holds for these unfortunate kids growing in such a bad environement! Wait for the last shot, when the image freezes, you will understand all the bitterness this film holds under the appearance of a dark comedy! See more 03/14/2012 Frankly, this outcast and good taste disturbing humor made me laugh - it surely has its hilarious moments. After few long uncut camera takes I've put big hopes in the art side of the movie but the closer to end the worse it gets. Some kind of Italian version of "Pink Flamingos" or Dutch flick "Flodder" from the 80's. Nevertheless worth to see. See more 09/26/2011 Imagine Fellini's neorealistic <i>Miracolo a Milano</i> (1951) with its humor twisted into a John Waters / Marco Ferreri celebration of political incorrectness. Almost literally, there is cannibalism within this unconventional family, and Nino Manfredi acknowledges this as the "head" of them all. Scola never attempted something similar in his career as far as I'm concerned (he'd later proceed with a non-serious, self-spoofing failed romantic movie called <i>Passion d'Amore</i> [1981] with an unintentional(?) reference to Nosferatu), yet his remarkable direction propels a unique twist in any genre this rare hybrid possesses. 97/100 See more 01/22/2011 Meio cinema artístico pra mim, mas não à (C) de todo mal. See more Read all reviews

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