Luna Reviews

Since I always had a weak spot for Bernardo Bertolucci's work, I was quite eager to check this movie. Well, even though it worked better than 'La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo', I have to admit that I still had a hard time to get into this movie. Eventually, I'm not sure what bothered me the most between how disturbing the material was or how the whole thing felt terribly random to me. I mean, you even get a short scene with Roberto Begnini providing his usual typical joke but the guy never came back again. They also started in Italy, then went to America and then again in Italy without any transition. I mean, the very first scene with Joe in Italy, you had actually to guess that it was actually taking place in Italy and, somehow, he was in a car full of teenagers. Who were they? How did he meet them? Then, he suddenly left the car without a warning, another Italian girl left the car as well and they ended up in a movie theater half-naked almost having sex pretty much in front of everyone. You see what I mean when I talk about random? And the movie kept on going like this, jumping unexpectedly from one thing to something usually completely not related but I guess that was also what made this movie appealing. It was actually a pity that this movie is so notorious because it deals with an incestuous relationship and I wonder how I would have felt if I didn't known from the beginning what would eventually happen. Anyway, to conclude,  even though it was far from being one of the best movies from the Italian maestro, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Bertolucci's work.