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An artistic treasure of the highest order.
Even now, when I think about this movie, I get a catch in my throat and am able to sense the emotion it left me stunned by so many years ago. And I'm male. Maybe it's because of this fact that the film affected me as it did. There is something about the relationship that develops between the boy and the older, childless man that all men secretly long for, especially those who have lost fathers at a young age. And there is something in the relationship the growing boy experiences with his first love, here one moment, gone the next, that resonates painfully true with most men, as well. Then there is the issue of mortality that the boy, now a grown man, is confronted by, forcing him to begin a journey back to the memories and feelings he has for years hardened himself against. This movie takes us through these stages of life as they affect the main character, the older man who grows to love him, too, and the people who share their world in this small, post-war Sicilian village. And like life, there is just the right amount of comedy to go along with the pathos. Readers, you will not be able to forget this movie, nor will you want to. For its sentimental truths, its visual and musical beauty, for its timeless reflection of life and love and its celebration of the need in all of us to dream, Cinema Paradiso is the rarest of artistic treasures. And thank God they made it.

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Perfection in moviemaking
Like many people I've seen this film countless times, and each time I end up blubbering by the end of it. A valentine to the movies, "Cinema Paradiso" tells the story of Toto, a boy in the small Italian village of Giancarlo, who is fascinated with the movies. This is long before televisions and vcrs.This was when movie going was an event to be cherished and savored. Much of the film centers on his friendship with the older Alfredo,(a heartbreaking Philippe Noiret) who runs the projector. But more than that it is a sweeping romance, and a bittersweet story of letting go of our past and moving towards the future. Its setting and characters will transport you for two magical hours and you'll feel like you've just spent time with old friends. My only beef with the DVD version of the film is that in the credits they've removed a scene. Elena, Toto's girlfriend in the film is shown in the final moments of the credits as an older woman. A scene that was obviously cut from the final print of the film. Toto turns, the camera cuts to her turning, their eyes lock, and the credits end. The DVD fades out before we see her. I don't know who's decision it was, HBO's or the director, but it's too bad because it was a neat tag for those people who stay through the credits till the end. Still, a must have movie for collectors.

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Only one word that pops out when watching this: NOSTALGIA!!!
To make it short, this is the one and only movie that makes me cry every time I watch it. It's the kind of movie that melts your heart and keeps you thinking about it for days ahead. Also, I've never heard a soundtrack as beautiful as the one in this movie. It only helps bring out your tears more easily, especially in the last sequence.