Customer Reviews

Sunflower

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

On recieving the copy of SUNFLOWER,from AMAZON.COM, produced by "New Star Video" I immediatly felt that I am in for a surprise, as the cover intrigued me. [...] It is also a shame that the photography of a great artist the like of Giuseppe Rotunna ASC found itself so degraded that I could not even keep watching it. The film is also jumpy. I am sure it is either a pirate copy or if it is a legal copy, such quality should not be be put on the market. Do we know enough about New Star Video. [...]

I haven't seen the DVD version but I have seen the VHS version and even though the color was washed out, I couldn't take my eyes off Sophia Loren. Her smiles are radiant, her body incredible and her intelligent understanding of pathos breaks your heart. With the announcement of the departure of her newly-wed husband, Marcello Mastroanni, to the front, they both cook up a scheme to avoid him taken into the Italian army, but everything falls apart and from there Loren's heartbreak and search begin. She waits years, has a baby and finally decides to go to the Soviet Union to look for him. What she finds is terribly unexpected and her scene at the railway station is unforgettable and reveals why she's such a phenominal actress. (Get the hankies out for this one because you'll need them). I could see why she's been internationally acclaimed. If only she had gotten better roles. Her husband shows up one night and the two have a conversation in her dark apartment; there's no light between these two anymore, just regrets. When you think about it though, not one letter, not one photo over the years, and then the rest of what hapens to him, he's pretty much of a cad and really doesn't deserve any sympathy. Get this film if only for Loren's gut-wrenching performance.

this is a bad quality dvd looks like a copy im not to happy with this buy

-1 Star for quality.

Very disappointed in the quality of the DVD. My wife and I saw this movie when it opened-great story, directing and acting and the photography was outstanding.

Amazon should be ashamed to put such a poor quality reproduction up for sale.

I had been looking for this film for years since it really moved me when I was a younger, particularly the beautiful musical score by Henry Mancini and the photography. This DVD is an insult to the director and the consumer.

IF you know Italian you can buy 'I Girasoli'. The quality does justice to the film BUT there are only RUSSIAN subtitles, not even English subtitles or dubbing. Guess we'll have to wait for a re-release.

This dvd should not be out in the market for its very poor reproduction. It cannot even be classified as a second generation duplicate (if you know what I mean). I have seen this movie so many times when I was young and I loved it. I was so dissappointed when I watched it on my computer (how much more on my player at home). I have to give one star because half is not available here.

... but of very poor quality. So bad that it makes me think of an illegal copy?!

There is perhaps one good scene in this film--when a smiling and buxom Sophia Loren seems to be spanking someone naked, who turns out to be a window manikin in the window manikin factory where she works. But don't expect the rest of the film to be this witty. In fact, it's hard to understand how a great director like DeSica would consent to have his name attached to this piece of drivel. The plot is melodramatic and predictable, the photography is kitschy, the acting (even Sophia's and Marcello's) mostly wooden--but then who could deliver such melodramatic dialog with any conviction? In addition, the DVD quality is truly execrable. Avoid subjecting yourself to an hour and a half of tedium, and instead see "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" again . . .

It starts as a comedy, but it turns into a tragic story. So beautiful, gripping...

Simply wonderful movie. Together with Marcello Mastroianni she played her role in a great way. Highly suggested if you love Sofia