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Scandalized and offended
It is so dramatically painful to read the reviews written by people from USA. It is literally incredible to see how big is the amount of idiot annotations about the weakness of the plot, how tall is the mountain of stupid comments about the director choice of making a documentary movie without any focalization on the private lives of the two main characters (???), how deep is the sea of useless hypothesis about the real development of facts. (Is it necessary to remember that the plot had not been taken from a novel?). This kind of discoveries make me actually convinced that the amount of ignorance is also huge, even if I am really surprised at least three or four people decided to see such film. This movie tells something about the recent hystory of USA: the truth of the facts can be checked in any one of the various American sites dedicated to the S&V vicissitude (...). <
>The Montaldo's hystorical reconstruction is almost perfect: the movie was even usefull to arrive to the pubblic worldwide excuses pronounced by governor M. Dukakis in 1977. The "interpretation" of the two actors is simply superbe. I suggest to not-italian-speaking audience to watch this movie in original language (italian) with subtitles. <
>I was expecting to find reviews from people who didn't know anything about S&V, surprised by the described events, available to criticize their own legal system and seriously upset for the "byproducts" - it's better to say - the effect of the American democracy... I am scandalized and offended by the ignorance of people who don't know anything about S&V and the only thing they can report in a review is some cinematographic comment. It is time to diffuse this movie, or the story told in it, more than it has been done since today. Don't you think?

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"Are you an anarchist, a communist, a socialist, a union man?"
The true story of "Sacco and Vanzetti" is practically forgotten these days, but the 1971 Italian film directed by Guilano Montaldo recreates the politically charged murder and robbery case against the backdrop of the political insecurity of the times. <
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>America in the 1920s was in the throes of a "red scare" and increasing labour unrest. More than 25,000 Italians had been deported for a variety of reasons--including for their political beliefs and involvement in the labour movement. Following a payroll holdup on April 15,1920, that left several people dead, the police arrested two Italian anarchists for the crime. This riveting film plots the genesis of the case--from the arrests through the kangaroo court trial--to its ugly conclusion. <
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>In spite of conclusive evidence that Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonte) were not guilty (they both had substantial alibis for the day of the robbery), the court was determined to find these men guilty. Scenes from the emotionally charged courtroom make it perfectly clear that the unleashed prosecutor, Frederick Katzmann (Cyril Cusak) spouts racial hatred towards those he considered "from the dregs of society" while ranting about "democracy and justice." <
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>Ultimately, Sacco and Vanzetti's beliefs as anarchists go on trial. Vanzetti, a fresh fish seller eloquently explains that "anarchy would create a world without frontiers" but any attempts to explain his anti-war beliefs end in the accusation that he was a draft dodger (he went to Mexico in 1917). The film does an excellent job of showing the state's fear and lack of understanding of anarchists, and the world's reaction to the heinous injustice exacted on these two men for their political beliefs. <
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>The actors who play Sacco and Vanzetti look remarkably like their real-life counterparts, and the photography lends an eerie archival quality to the story. If you enjoy political films, or if you want to learn more about the most infamous murder trial in American history, then dig up a copy of this excellent almost-lost film--displacedhuman

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