Released
The Uncle from Brooklyn
October 13 1995 (about 29 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
22 reviews
- Directors: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
- Writers: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
- Genre: Comedy
- Runtime: 1 h 38 m
- Country: Italy
- Companies: Digital Film, Filmauro
The best italian film of the 90's, the most extreme and radical work since SALO', a ruthless representation, in a surreal-metaphorical key, of a civilization condemned to worshipping its own blindness. The two sicilian directors use a language free from compromise and from the traditional storyline rules: the movie is photographed in a sharp and very contrasting black & white, with no beautiful pimp music, and lacks a logical story. There are no women (the ones we see are actually men), and the language is strict sicilian dialect. The directing style is characterized by long fixed shots on a post-atomic world, which is really present-day Palermo, inhabited by fat people in socks and underwear who burp and fart while roaming around smelly alleyways and waste dumps.
