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    Journey to Italy

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    The collaboration between lovers (soon to be a married couple by very early 1950-51) Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini was touted as a match made in heaven both romantically and cinematically speaking. Unfortunately, neither came to any permanent worth. Bergman had already been denounced from every pulpit from every church as a brazen, evil woman for her illicit affair with Rossellini. Voyage en Italie IS a watchable film, but not a great film. None of the 6 or 7 films the couple made together met with any acclaim and certainly none are remembered today except for their mediocrity. Ingrid's career seemed all but over with one lousy film following another. What a contrast from her great films at MGM starting in 1939 right through to the end of the 1940's. Bergam was one HUGE HOLLYWOOD STAR when she fell in love with ROSSELLINI'S early neo-realist Italian films... then the two falling madly in love with one another. With these two amazing talents, it's a shocker that they produced no films of merit, many downright, horrendous stinckers starting with a bomb called STROMBOLI c. 1950. What they did produce were a few children amongst whom we find the wonderful ISABELLA ROSSELLINI who looked and sounded SO MUCH like mother Ingrid, a soon to be model and star who found her own success especially with the likes of director David Lynch. Great talent is no assurance for the making of great art on film... It's all rather sad how their private lives and professional lives went belly-up though Ingrid did make a huge comeback with ANASTASIA winning the second of her three OSCARS in 1955. She was a revelation in ANASTASIA and both Hollywood and the world were only to happy to forgive and forget what had occurred during her five years in Italy. Ingrid went on to work to the very end of her life from cancer when only in her sixties. Her final role was playing GOLDA MEIER in a television mini-series. Bergman was astounding and won a well-deserved posthumous EMMY AWARD as BEST ACTRESS. She died very shortly after the completion of the mini-series most of which was made with Bergman in excruciating pain from her cancer. I SALUTE INGRID BERGMAN for her immense talent and the tremendous valour this woman displayed throughout a life full of joy but much sorrow as well!

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    pietroantoni@  31.7.2011 age: 36-49 14,528 reviews

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