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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0741952306399
Format: Color, Content/Copy-Protected CD, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Restored, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Koch Lorber Films
Manufacturer: Koch Lorber Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Koch Lorber Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 21547
Studio: Koch Lorber Films
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1975
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Digitally restored and re-mastered this controversial classic by Lina Wertm ller explores themes of sex politics and role reversals when a man and woman of different social classes are left stranded on a deserted Mediterranean island. Starring Giancarlo Giannini Mariangela MelatoSystem Requirements:Running Time 119 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â FOREIGN/LATIN Rating:Â R UPC:Â 741952306399 Manufacturer No:Â KLFDV3063
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Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties) made this pointed, 1975 comedy-drama about class and sex conflicts. Mariangela Melato plays a rich woman marooned on an island with a crude sailor (Giancarlo Giannini). The two initially assume their accustomed class relationship with one another--she expects service, he grumbles about it--but then a revolution takes place and the subjugation is reversed. The film comes down on you like a hammer, but Wertmüller adroitly traces the shifting nuances of the relationship, and the two stars are excellent. Numerous scenes stick in the memory many years after one viewing. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - No day at the beach
The time-honored "man and woman stuck on a desert island" scenario is served up with a heaping tablespoon of class struggle and an acidic twist of sexual politics in this controversial 1975 film from Italian director Lena Wertmuller. A shrill and haughty bourgeoisie woman (Mariangela Melato) charters a yacht cruise for herself and her equally obnoxious fascist friends, who all seem to delight in belittling their slovenly deck hand (Giancarlo Giannini), who is a card-carrying communist. Fate and circumstance conspire to strand Melato and Giannini together on a small Mediterranean isle, setting the stage for some interesting role reversal games (with definite S&M overtones, I should warn you). This film has a polarizing effect on viewers, which I think can be attributed to its fascinating feminist dilemma: How does one react to an obviously talented and self-assured female director with unmistakably misogynist leanings? BTW, in case you are curious about the Guy Ritchie/Madonna remake? Two words: Stay away.
Rating:  - A gem from the past
In a nutshell and taking off the PC blinders that other reviewers have stuck to their faces Swept Away is about natural sex roles (yes, male domination and female submission) and how societal complexities and absurdities which we create distort them. The writer (female) bangs this into the head of the observer over and over again, scene after scene. The use and discussion of class provides both interesting humor and the sex role reversed "setup" for the movie's main theme- which is the abrupt and even violent return to a natural state which they both end up very happy with. Again this is forced upon the audience in both action and dialogue with NO ambiguity.
The ending is NOT as others described a poke at male domination-ridiculous (he even gives his wife a good smack in the end) or anything else but them realizing that there are too many obstacles for their love to continue (which she realizes immediately), and that their brief time on the island will have to become a memory. Demoralized, they both return to the "real" world.
Some have argued that this is male fantasy but I would argue it is just as much Lina's fantasy. Judge for yourself. It's a good movie for those men and women who are sick of feminism and the larger politically correct world of today.
Rating: - Not for everone
Bought this as a gift for my wife who was born and raised in Italy. She enjoys it immensely. But if you are not from Italy, it is probably not worth the cost.
Rating:  - Throw it overboard!
It's not hard to see why madonna jumped on remaking this much enjoyed classic. The socio-political-class-drama pitting a low rent man against a spoilt rich-B*%$# makes for a brilliant, satirical screenplay (even if the sappy ending is totally uninspired). UN-fortunately, this ultimate vanity project is nothing but a disaster,literally, at sea. Every critic who threw rotten tomatoes at this silly mess of a movie deserves major applause. Rambo-armed, designer dressed Madonna simply cannot disappear into the skin of another character, even if indeed that character is supposed to be everything her "persona" is: Opinionated, rude,glamorous,aggressive, tough and demanding. Goldie Hawn was far more effective (and hilarious) when she played the same pampered-rich-demanding-B*%#@ also having major fits over silly nothings on a sailing vessel in the film Overboard. Mr.Giannini,who plays "Pepe",(the target of her wrath) is a very likable, smart, ruggedly handsome, furry, unwashed, bedroom-eyed hunk who does his best, but fails to keep the film from stinking...er..I mean sinking. The never ending extra-gooey footage of them after he successfully breaks her down , saddles her up and has her submissively purring resembles a nauseating informercial for a romantic club-med. A vulnerable, love-sick character in the unskilled hands of Madonna is impossible to believe and have any sympathy for. Everyone else in the film is forgetable...except for the casting choice of the two old-school-cartoon-grubby cooks (very ... Read More
Rating: - Swept Away
I have waited many years to view this masterpiece in its original Italian and it was worth the wait, particularly after having to suffer the English-dubbed VHS version and the (shudder) Madonna remake. This movie was was every bit as relevant today as it was in 1974. It illustrates beautifully the swiftness with which tables can turn and who has the upper hand can be reversed within the blink of an eye. Government and sexual politics have not changed all that much in three decades, Mariangela Melato is still gorgeous despite being stranded on a deserted island and Giancarlo Giannini's face is still delightfully expressive. Dialog is a bit difficult to follow but the message is clear.
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