Ayn Rand's We the Living
by Gofreddo Alessandrini
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Actor: Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti, Rossano BrazziDirector: Gofreddo Alessandrini
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-11
Studio: Scalera Films/Duncan Scott Productions
DVD Reviews of Ayn Rand's We the Living
DVD Review: One of my all-time favorite films
Summary: 5 Stars
For anyone who apprecitates a beautiful, but unusual love story, gorgeous cinematography in the classic style, a movie full of conflict, passion and intelligent thought integrated into and driven by the action, who is interested in seeing the perverse, soul-destroying and deadly effects of a totalitarian system, be it communist, fascist or other, and who can still be startled by intense, powerful performances of actors portraying caracters whom you really care about, this is the film for you!
Needless to say, I love this film and am so pleased that Duncan Scott, the distributor, finally brought it out on DVD with all the scenes that were cut from the original films. My only regret is that anticipated sales of the DVD were obviously such that Mr. Scott wasn't able to invest the money to have the film restored before the DVD release, although the print we see is decent. The only other issue is that if I were Ayn Rand, I would have kept in the film appox. 13 minutes of scenes that were cut, as illustrated below (Please reference the deleted scenes on the DVD):
I would have kept:
#3, Andrei and Kira debate;
#6, Aunt Marussia falls ill segment;
#8, Expulsion from Institute
#9, Nica's death; and
#12, Wedding speach.
Theses scenes offer a power condemnation of Communism/Fascism, a superb denunciation of the toxic Soviet ideology: "You build to destroy others. One day you will destroy yourselves!", whereby only party members have access to health care and education.
I would also have kept:
#5, Mama visits Kira and Leo, which shows how much everyone still relies on Kira who was, nevertheless, rejected by her own family;
#10, Kira and Andrei at a cafe, which ties in with a scene at the beginning of the film where, travelling in the train, Kira hears beautiful music coming from another compartment. There, as in this scene, the music represents the powerful, limitless abilities of man--his ability to rise above the material necessities of food and shelter to dream, to be moved by emotion, to innovate, to create that which is intangible, yet beautiful and inspiring--all that which the communists feel wasteful and unnecessary; and especially
#19, the original ending, which finally shows what happens to the wedding dress that the prior scene focused on. I really don't know how this scene could have been removed for reasons of "artistic integrity" for it exactly matches the ending in the novel.
In any case, those are my quibbles. But overall, I obviously recommend this film very highly and think it richly deserves the five stars.
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