agreed about Harvey Keitel's ass; Jane Campion seems to be in love with it as we are treated to a full rear view in Holy Smoke, too.

re: Cinema Paradiso: do try to get the director's cut; it has a LOT added to it and really changes the story and I preferred it to the original release version which I found a bit manipulative and sentimental: the new version is a much fuller story and, like many director's cuts (which ironically have MORE footage; which is why i want that Weir film because he actually CUT six minutes out of the later release!) is actually what the filmmaker intended before studio and/or distributor pressure forced the cutting down of length to make it more palatable/marketable to audiences...which is why most commercial releases have to be two hours or under...

another director's cut well worth watching for this reason: The Last Emperor by Bertolucci. Four Hours Long and all of it mesmerizing.
And The Exorcist.

another obscure art-film I love: The Wizard of Loneliness with Lukas Haas and Dylan Baker.

and one that is hard to find: Luc Besson's brilliant post-apocalyptic story, Le Dernier Combat.

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