This broad, clever satire on male hypocrisy and social convention is priceless, if you love the mournful comic countenance of actor Giannini, as I do. His Mimi is an artful creation, an ignorant, impetuous, bumbling fool you can't help but love. The machinations he undergoes to get back at his spouse will amaze and amuse. Don't miss the scene when the fat lady disrobesit's deservedly the stuff of cinematic legend.
Studio: Fox Lorber (A Winstar Company)
DVD Release Date: March 31, 1998
One Star for the DVD: To produce a cheep widescreen version Fox Lorber Home Video has taken the movie's full frame image version and has cropped off the top and bottom part of the image. Fox Lorber simply removed part of the image just to please those of us who prefer the widescreen format. Many times during the movie the bright light will bleed over into the black cropped bars producing a glowing horizontal line within the black bars.
Five Stars for the Movie: A great movie! I cannot wait to buy a new DVD release of his movie that is Restored, Digitally Re-mastered and presented in its true original aspect ratio. Until then I will just have to settle for this piece of junk DVD transfer that I just paid $31.50 for.
Buy The Seduction of Mimi: Kino Classics Edition (1972) Now
A comical and satirical tryst! Delight in Wertmuller's trademark themes of politics and sex. This film adds the differences between Northern and Southern Italy and honor to the mix. The seduction is politically oriented, as you will see with the hilariously, ubiquitous presence of the Mafia. Sicilian concepts of a man and his honor is revealed in Mimi's relationship with his wife, his mistress, his wife's lover's wife, which all somehow become convoluted with politics. Wertmuller, Giannini, and Melato have not reached their heights, but all of the elements of their later masterworks are present in this film.Read Best Reviews of The Seduction of Mimi: Kino Classics Edition (1972) Here
bought this for my boss last year. he had been looking for it for a long time. he was shocked that i had found it and was happy the movie worked so well.Want The Seduction of Mimi: Kino Classics Edition (1972) Discount?
Lina Wertmuller is amazing. I don't love everything that she did (and still have to track down some of her films), but she is a force of nature, and someone who can mix comedy and serious subjects with the best of them. The performances in this film are hilarious, but also powerful and memorable. It kind of plays like a work from the silent era in ways, with its cascading frames of reference and the protagonist trying to undo the mess he's made, while it skewers the male world that has produced them. Laugh out loud funny in many sections, this is a great movie.Save 17% Off
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