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Post by roverpup on Dec 5, 2017 2:18:22 GMT
I was able to watch it! Benedict sounded very much like a documentary narrator. It wasn't really what I was expecting from a documentary. They mixed real footage with clips from old movies. I thought that Naples came across as pretty awful, but then he says at end that he loved it there. I've never been to Naples, but I had an uncle who was from there. The last time I was in Italy, we had planned a trip to Pompeii (which I've always wanted to visit), which meant taking a train to Naples first. I had rented a car, but I was told that the insurance wouldn't cover me if I drove it into Naples! Apparently, it was worth going there anyway, if only for the pizza and the coffee. In the end, we never ended up going because there had been heavy rain that made the roads dangerous. I couldn't reschedule the trip because I was returning to Canada a couple of days later. I'd still love to see that part of Italy one day! I’ll have to watch this when I get the chance. I love anything to do with history - especially WWII. I haven’t been to Naples but I have been to Pompeii. We went there on a day trip from Rome. Pompeii was unbelievably awe inspiring. We spent the whole day there taking pictures of everything and then just before we were about to get on the bus to go back to Rome we realised that we had inserted the film in our camera incorrectly (yes this was way back when you had to load the film and roll it through the sprockets to get it to thread into the camera) and we had NO pix!!! So we bought a couple of post cards and reloaded the camera (a SLR) properly and hurried back and took a few snaps. Despite that it was an incredible day seeing all the streets and homes of those destroyed by the force of nature so long ago. And the brothels were interesting too! :-))
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Post by mllemass on Dec 5, 2017 6:05:43 GMT
I've been fascinated by Pompeii ever since I took Latin in high school (Latin was kind of popular at my high school). We learned all about the final days before Vesuvius, and it was easy to imagine what it must have been like. My mother then told me that she had gone there on a school trip when she was a little girl. Can you imagine a field trip to Pompeii?? And then I took Ancient Roman Art History in university, and it deepened my fascination even more.
It's interesting that an event so long ago has affected Italian culture still today. The "live for today because there may not be a tomorrow" attitude is seen everywhere. The first time we went to visit my relatives in Italy, when I was seven, I asked my mother why they didn't come to Canada to visit us. She shushed me and whispered that they didn't gave the money to make the trip. That was very confusing because we apparently had the money, even though my parents always told me we didn't have the money to buy the latest toy I wanted. And my cousins in Italy seemed to have all the latest toys. I learned that we (in Canada) are savers, but Italians are spenders who love having the latest toys, clothes, cell phones, etc.
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Post by sgev1977 on Dec 6, 2017 21:08:03 GMT
Reading the author's words beautifully, Benedict Cumberbatch gives this thoughtful but unconventional doc most of its commercial appeal. Even so, it will be a niche release in art houses. The Hollywood Reporter: www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/naples-44-1065016
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