Sunday, July 26, 2020

Movie review - "The Love Specialist" (1958) **1/2 aka La Ragazza del Palio

Stunning colour and looks at Italy. I saw it in Italian so didn't get the plot but it seemed to be Diana Dors and Vittoria Gassman strolling around some impressive looking places, falling in love as they bicker.

I gather she was an American and he was an Italian price. Both are handsome - she looks especially gorgeous. It's got to be said any starlet could've played this part - it's got none of the Dors magic. She's likeable, you could've cast anyone, that's all. Gassman is fine - I've never been a massive fan of his.

Views are spectacular. And the film gets points by having Dors compete in the Palio di Siena horse race at the end! It's so random. That probably should've been the focus of the whole movie. So for that and the photography I gave it two and a half even though I didn't really follow it.

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