Miracle in Milan
by Vittorio De Sica

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Movie Review: WARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Revolutionary Allegory
Summary: 5 Stars

Throughout the film we are confronted with the absurdity of
capitalist domination and private property. The land is everybody's land, and the men who want to appropriate the poors'
labor and displace them from the land seem absurd. At one point,
in order to symbolize his power, the "owner" of the land, Signor Motti,
strikes a "Pharoh" pose. It is true that certain among the poor come forward to try and take advantage of their compatriots.
Some might use this as evidence of an innate drive in human beings for greediness; or, is it not in part a lack of imagination, a lack of alternative?

Capitalism has been in place for some two hundred years. The capitalist mentality is impressed on the bodies of all those growing up under it. Today, we are told that we have come to the end of history, and that capitalism is the only form of exchange that is natural. The abysmal failures of the socialist bloc reinforces this notion. However, the depletion of the rainforest, the impoverishment of the Third World, societies wealth used for the enrichment of a few while the rest work in fast-food restaurants and get poor education, betrays the fact that all is not perfect at this so-called end of history.

Certainly this calls for political action, a revolution of sorts.
And one quality that revolutionaries need is imagination, a vision to go beyond the current cynicism and defeatism. It is this message that De Sica's wonderful fable places in bold relief.

Movie Review: pure pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Toto the Good saves the day in post-war Milano
Summary: 5 Stars

With "Miracle in Milan" Vittorio De Sica has created one of the purest allegories since "The Wizard of Oz." You can certainly take this film at face value, as a charming little fantasy where the characters are reduced to labels as well as names (e.g., Bad Rappi and Little Edvige) and in the end good triumphs over evil. But you can also remember that this film was made in 1951, and that the post-war recovery was not entirely successful. Whether De Sica is condemning all European governments or just Italy's is debatable, but there is a none too subtle serious message to this film as well. You can watch it with your children, or grandchildren, and get entirely different readings of this film. Either way, this film is well worth viewing.

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