“Only for this reason, I appreciate it”: It was released 63 years ago, this wonderful film is one of Martin Scorsese’s favorites

If there is a filmmaker who better portrays someone’s most absolute kinfield, it’s Martin Scorsey. His knowledge of the cinema and its authors is dizziness. Real Live Encyclopedia in Cinema History, March is also a World Cinematic Heritage Defender, through its cinematic fund, created in 1990.

And his World Cinema Project Program, which aims to restore certain films that have a special place they occupy in the World Heritage. From this date he helped to recover more than 1,000 films. These are about 65 films from 31 different countries that were directly under the supervision of a World Cinema Program.

In the works restored by the film Foundation, there is an absolute masterpiece that came out in 1961: Salvatore Juliano, who has signed at least a huge film director, who is still known by the general public, Francesco Ross.

History? It began in July 1950. The corpse of the famous Sicilian Bandit Salvatore Juliano was discovered in the yard of the house in Castelletano. The commissioner here gives a brief observation, journalists collecting some information. Later, his body was subject to Montelepres, his native community; People are coming there for meditation, his mother is crying … but what happened? Who are the officials of his murder? What was Italian History of Juliano?

“For this reason only, I appreciate this movie”

In 2014, Martin Scorsese had a great pleasure (as always, in this matter …), at the invitation of the famous criterion publisher, To transmit his 10 favorite movies. Italian cinema appeared there in a very good place, it was important to the importance of this movie theater in his movie theater.

And run this comment on Salvatore Giuliano: “This is a very difficult film: there is no central protagonist and it also jumps on time as a point.

If the film is a tough investigation, it is never dry and it is shot in absolutely electric black – white. Salvatore Juliano is a mediator, a great anthem for Sicily, the land of my family, and for one reason, I appreciate this movie.

Almost documentary realism

Lucid Observer, the author of the work of great consistency and flawless integrity, Francesco Ross was one of the last great masters of Italian cinema, along with Federico Fellini. Maglier of his film’s profession, in 1959, whose action is located in German Italian immigrant circles, Rosie signs his first true masterpiece, Salvatore Juliano.

Filmed in Sicily, a few years after the drama, on the scene of events, Salvatore Juliano is a very harsh and penetrating investigation into the Italian political system. When multiplying the circumstances of Juliano’s death, it reveals a difficult collision that various forces maintain in the presence: army, police, mafia and justice. But unlike many other political films, Salvatire Giuliano does not give a message. Ross is not created as censorship, but offers reflection material.

“This is the context of Salvatore Giuliano, which I am interested in and not his psychology. It is a film about the tragedy of people and the land, Sicily, who was found to be subordinate to this power, which is mafia. Said the filmmaker.

If Ross transmits a very realistic film, he still denies the idea to make it a kind of documentary. “I think the film was told relations between the realism of the uprisings and the relations between the inhabitants of Montelepri and Salvatore Juliano. I think this relationship was so true that it could look like a documentary. “ Ross will comment. It should also be noted that he did not long for Montelepri and Castelvano’s motion to bring them back the scenes that lived a few years ago.

From there to the unusual scenes, from great emotion, such as the massacre of peasants in the valley, tears on the bandit’s body, or even the murder of the Bzpar Pisitzota, the Lieutenant of Guliano, who perfectly portrays Frank Wolf, who is well aware of the Western lovers.

Want to discover this absolute surprise? Salvatore giuliano is available in VOD. For the lovers of physical support he also released the beautiful DVD / Blu-Ray Combo Edition, in the collection “Do my day!” Created by Jean-Baptist Thorette. In particular, there is an interesting analysis of more than 40 minutes from Michel Cement’s film.