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Actors: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Salvatore Giuliano |
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Based on the life of this Sicilian hero, SALVATORE GIULIANO is a movie cowritten and directed by Francesco Rosi in 1961. Rosi won the 1962 Silver Bear at Berlin for this film.
At the end of WWII, Sicily wanted to split off from Italy. The members of the Sicilian separatist party asked the outlaw Salvatore Giuliano to start a guerrilla warfare against the Italian interests on the island. Giuliano and his little army, coming from a very poor part of the island, will kill dozens of policemen. Even the Italian army, sent into the Sicilians cliffs, couldn't find him.
After a few years, the politicians didn't need Giuliano, so he organized kidnappings for a living. But soon, the politicians, the army, the police forces and the "Honorable Society" (the Mafia) decide to unite in order to get rid of the bandit.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Salvatore Giuliano |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals on the run
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Italian
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture clash?
- being oppressed by outside culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- Italian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
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