Big Night

I have not had time to watch this movie again - a favorite of mine. But the DVD arrived quickly and appears to be in excellent condition.

I haven't watched this video yet because I bought it as a gift - but when i did see it years ago it was great and I'm hoping the recipients will think the same thing!

Will appeal primarily to devotees of ethnic/family films--in this case two brothers who have arrived in this country from Italy to open a restaurant that is failing. The problems here are length (too long), silly characters (sort of Peter Sellers-ish) and various uncertainties of plot and motivation. In other words, after enduring a couple of difficult viewing hours, "I'm still not really sure why that guy did what he did."

I love FOOD MOVIES in general and I own some of them, this is my most recent discovery and I enjoyed it a lot.
This is not the typical "food" movie that probably we are used to watch.
Honestly I didn't liked Marc Anthony or whoever the hell he is . . .
I don't really care for him at all, this movie would've been even better without him.

I first saw this film when it was first released, over ten years ago. I have watched it several times since, and it keeps getting better every time. It is so sparse, and yet so full. So much is left unsaid, and yet deeply felt. It is the portrayal of this relationship between two brothers of completely different temperament, but who deeply care about each other, and united by a dream that binds them, which is most moving. The very last scene, when they commune around the simplest and most symbolic of foods, with not a word (but a wonderful soundtrack of noises that heighten the silence) is a masterpiece of understatement.

Big Night is, and will remain, one of the ten and probably five best movies I have ever seen.

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