Just to be sure the link I referred to - about the death of pioneering film director Lina Wertmüller -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 #Wertmüller

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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

Sniff sniff....

Goodbye 1th Hour with Brian Williams
From staunch, arrogant, and humbled anchorman to panel-master and sardonic humorist in difficult times, you will be missed.
(Maddow going too, Cuomo gone, turnover in the cable news/analysis ranks. Age 61, he got some mighty praise from historians and journalists on his last show tonight. Not shuffled off his mortal coil, only leaving TV-land to explore life. Hope he keeps his humor!

And the other loss (amid a very bad time in general for losses) was in fact a death, but at a ripe old age: Lina Wertmuller, one of my favorite directors in the day, student of Fellini who had her characters jumping off the screen and captivating, as with one all-time favorite, Swept Away, with two great actors and a sharp look at both sexism and classism with a "spoiled rich bitch" tourist barking orders to an "ignorant fisherman" on a yacht, until they are shipwrecked. An epic battle ensues, and an exposition on both natural order (alphas, love, and romance) and the human spirit. Fine movie. Great film-maker. Rest in peace, end scene... swept away into cinema history.

#RIP #Obit #LinaWertmuller #SweptAway #BrianWilliams #FilmHistory #movies #GiancarloGiannini, #MariangelaMelato