OK, posted this in another thread, but finished watching 1963's
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow last night. Brilliant stuff. Sophia Loren's first pic in 7 years, and paired with Marcello Mastroianni in three shorts where they play different characters in each.
Genius movie. De Sica still has it in this, though it's a bit more sentimental than his usual hard knocks Italian neorealism.
Yes, it's got the famous Sophia strip tease scene. But Mastroianni -- some real genius. His Bolognese character in the third bit is so hilariously over the top, I am convinced it is what inspired the
Vinny Vedecci character on Saturday Night Live.
It won the 1964 Oscar for best foreign film -- beating out the also excellent and recommended (despite being a musical)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).