I have been posting reports about films that I have watched since starting this blog, but I feel I am doing them a disservice if I don’t mention some of my all-time favourites. A film about films has to be very self-conscious, without being precocious, and some of the best ones laugh at themselves, or at the Holywood world. However, Cinema Paradiso is just a good old slushy romantic movie. Yes, the culminating scene with all the movie kisses may be a little too sentimental and over-the-top, but it is lovely, and ever since I first saw this film I have to stop myself getting all weepy when I hear Morricone’s music – some of his best, I think. Also the idyll of growing up in and around a picture house, and enjoying the delights of the silver screen in a beautiful Mediterranean climate, make this film so dreamy. The heartache of the love story is moving, and something which most of us could identify with, and the passing of years adds something realistic to the whole film. It’s not perfect, its not even that deep and profound, but it is just beautiful. I could (and do) watch it again and again.
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