Movie 224/1001 ~ Marty

Filmed in 1955, Marty is one of only two movies to win Best Picture at the Oscars and the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Marty is the story of a 34 year old Italian man who is constantly badgered about getting married and has resigned himself to the fate of bachelorhood. The film was a huge and unexpected success. Burt Lancaster has claimed that the film is superb in everyway and it was definitely a sleeper hit. Personally, I don't think the movie translates very well into a modern setting. There are FAR too many fifties-isms and behaviour that many would today find exceedingly inappropriate. Many serious parts of the movie actually end up somewhat amusing because the dialogue is ridiculous. Additionally, Marty's friends constant insults about his love intersest are ludicrous and almost unbelieveable. I liked parts of this movie, but not for reasons that were intended by the film maker.

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