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Ossessione ([ossesˈsjoːne], "Obsession") is a 1943 Italian crime drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, in his directorial debut. It is an unauthorized and uncredited adaptation of the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by American author James M. Cain , and stars Clara Calamai , Massimo Girotti , and Juan de Landa in ...
Documentary about Luchino Visconti’s "Ossessione", a 1943 Italian film based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Starring Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti.
Feb 4, 2016 · Ossessione (1943) is a film adaptation of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, but also a radical challenge to Fascist Italy and a precursor of Italian Neo-Realism. The film explores the destructive power of sexual passion and the social conditions that drive its characters to crime and despair.
Aug 24, 2020 · A review of Luchino Visconti's debut film, based on James Cain's novel, about a fatal love triangle. The film combines elements of film noir and Italian neorealism, with a stunning score and cinematography.
Review by theriverjordan ★★★★ 62. “Ossessione” was neorealism born out of pulpy domestic desperation. Debatably the first film in a movement more notable for depicting rubble-strewn postwar streets, “Ossessione” chose to enter inside the era’s sheets.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Senses of Cinema A landmark film in both Neo-Realist and giallo traditions, the legacy of Ossessione lives and breathes in every frame.
Visconti's stunning feature debut transposes The Postman Always Rings Twice to the endless, empty lowlands of the Po Delta. There, an itinerant labourer (Girotti) stumbles into a tatty roadside ...
