Yesterday Today & Tomorrow [Import anglais]
Sophia and Marcello Remastered Masterpiece
(Revised review for Remastered DVD released May 2005) Here in this charming masterpiece from Vittorio De Sica we are treated to not one but three classic performances by the great team of Mastroianni and Loren.<br />This new release of the restored film is magnificent, beautiful color, Widescreen and great-restored sound. You can watch the film in Italian with English subtitles or, watch it dubbed in English. Sophia has given us a superb performance in both Italian and English! Now that in itself is a miracle by anyone but in her hands it is wondrous.<br />  Every aspect of this film is a delight, from the direction, music score by Armando Trovajoli, and the top-notch performances by the entire cast. Here we are presented with an almost forgotten gem of Italian cinema that needs to be preserved and treasured.<br />This look at love and survival by women in three strata of Italian society of the early 1960's is both funny and insightful. In many ways this is an Italian neo-realist comedy and it succeeds as both a social commentary and a social farce. Each tale is finely crafted in the most basic and important area of film; a fine screenplay is it's stalwart foundation. And here executed by Billa Billa, Eduardo DeFilipo, Alberto Moravia, Isabella Quarantotti, and Cesare Zavattini is a collaborators dream. It seems odd that so many writers were able to turn in a little gem for the great De Sica to play with. But they did, and he plays it like the master filmmaker he is.<br />As for Sophia and Marcello, well I don't want to spoil a moment of this romp. I will just say this; it's Magic, Italian Style.