The Seduction of Mimi
by Lina Wertm?ller
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Actor: Agostina Belli, Giancarlo Giannini, Luigi Diberti, Mariangela Melato, Turi FerroDirector: Lina Wertm?ller
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 89 minutes
Release Date: 1999-02-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Studio: Fox Lorber
VHS Movie Reviews of The Seduction of Mimi
Movie Review: Warning: Standard Version image is cropped into Widescreen Version.
Summary: 1 Stars
For: The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
Studio: Fox Lorber (A Winstar Company)
DVD Release Date: March 31, 1998
One Star for the DVD: To produce a cheep widescreen version - Fox Lorber Home Video has taken the movie's full frame image version and has cropped off the top and bottom part of the image. Fox Lorber simply removed part of the image just to please those of us who prefer the widescreen format. Many times during the movie the bright light will bleed over into the black cropped bars producing a glowing horizontal line within the black bars.
Five Stars for the Movie: A great movie! I cannot wait to buy a new DVD release of his movie that is Restored, Digitally Re-mastered and presented in its true original aspect ratio. Until then I will just have to settle for this piece of junk DVD transfer that I just paid $31.50 for.
Summary of The Seduction of Mimi
This 1972 film by Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties, Swept Away) is a wild farce of the Sicilian milieu. Mimi (who is a man) is forced to leave his hometown when he can no longer get work as a result of voting against the local strong arms in a "secret" ballot. In the big city he finds work, but also finds that life there is very much as corrupt as it was at home. He falls in love and has a child by his lover, and when forced to take a job in his hometown again, he must hide his lover and their son from his wife. When he is too tired to please his wife in bed after making love all day to his lover, she becomes pregnant by another man, setting off a chain of events that ultimately lead to a public revenge scene that possibly has no rival. What's even more amazing is that the film manages to portray a complex protagonist in a searing comedy. A must-see, especially if you'd like a lighter view of the same world portrayed in The Godfather. --James McGrathArt House & International VHS Video
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