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Michael

Just to be sure the link I referred to - about the death of pioneering film director Lina WertmĂĽller -isn't skipped over.
Here is a clip of it in HD quality, lovely images and sound-track.... A very favorite film at the time.

Swept Away

RIP #LinaWertmuller #WertmĂĽller

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A pioneering film director has left us.
As a psych student, I loved Swept Away! Two great actors & a sharp look at both sexism and classism - “spoiled rich bitch” tourist barking orders to an “ignorant fisherman” until... the two get shipwrecked, a “spoiled rich bitch” tourist barking orders to an “ignorant fisherman” until... a shipwreck. Roles are reversed. And again. Lots of deep stuff here about

It has English subtitles (you may need to click on the cog wheel on YouTube to turn it on). Important to catch the dialogue, like when he is thrashing her for all the social evils & institutions,

Great film (among others)... first woman director nominated
for an Academy Award. Actors are on fire too. Be sure to turn on the subtitles - unless you speak fluid (fast) Italian, of course.

#FilmHistory #MovieHistory #FilmDirector #Movies #MovieDirector #ClassicFilm #SweptAway

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