Friday, September 30, 2022

The Hidden Review: Una Vetrina Che Guarda Il Mare - Documentary Review


The THR has been a guest at the 23rd edition of Napoli Film Festival 2022 presented by Mario Violini in collaboration with Giuseppe Borrone, and we watched the documentary "A window overlooking the Sea" (Una vetrina che guarda il madre), directed by Massimiliano Gallo. Starring Massimiliano Gallo, Nunzia Schiano, Shalana Santana, Beppe Barra, Gennaro Di Biase, Alessandro Marinella, and Maurizio Marinella.
This documentary is about a family business, the Marinella family business producing their tie product whose history starts in Naples around 107 years ago, so over a century.

The cinematographic event showcases throughout the story different aspects of worldwide historical events and how it has reflected the story and each POV of the characters.

Besides, they are all connected on the building and creative side of the tie products branded by the Marinella family that have spread its ties based in the United Kingdom.

One of the characters introduced was the legendary figure that follows the origin of the city of Naples, and Parthenope touches base on her attachment to this city and follows the legend with Ulysses while introducing to the audience her arrival to the gulf.

Moreover, the lead in this story is Mr Marinella, who introduces his audience by talking about how it all started, which comes from the determination and inspiration of his grandfather Eugenio Marinella whose store has the same name.

Therefore, everything follows the POV experienced by his grandfather and also directly by the same Maurizio Marinella, going then to look at what their family members and employees think about the family business while bringing the story to another level of genuine and showing the proud and hard work behind it.

It started in 1914 by creating Ties and Shirts for clients from the local aristocracy, such as knights and amazons close to the shop in Chiaia county in Naples, whose location is by the sea. Then, it follows the partnerships and collaborations with other important institutions such as the Royal family, Italian politicians, and many others in the entertainment industry.

The actors portraying family members, employees and musicians created a genuine atmosphere of the events that accompany the story, which the director Massimiliano Gallo has been able to film brilliantly.

At the same time, all the locations used and the costumes of which ties were branded by Marinella’s store showcase the passion of the work and history, and at the same time, the origins of generations of hard work of a family business which now with Alessandro Marinella are at the 4th generation of owning the family brand store. The brand has stores in Italy, Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Tokyo.

Overall, the director Massimiliano Gallo filmed this documentary showcasing the elegance of the city of Naples brilliantly, and at the same time, the story of a family business that has its ties with Naples but is also spread around the world.
Congrats, cast and crew!

Hidden Fire Stars 9/10 ⭐️

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Hidden Review: Spiderman No way home - Film Review

 


"The multiverse is real."

The THR has watched "Spiderman - No way home", the third movie of the Spiderman franchise in the MCU produced by Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, which has confirmed and overcome all the high expectations of fans regarding fan theories and has got even more. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Willem Defoe, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Thomas Haden Church, Rhys Ifans, J.K. Simmons, Jake Gyllenhaal, Benedict Wong, with the exceptional appearance of Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Charlie Cox, and Tom Hardy. The movie is the sequel to what happened in the second Spiderman film in which Spiderman's identity was revealed by Mysterio, the whole world changed in Peter Parker's life. In fact, Peter tries to find ways to help save the identities of his friends and family, so he approaches Doctor Strange to ask for help, and what comes next is even worst for a superhero life. From a spell made by Doctor Strange and Peter's silly requirements, the universe they know drops drastically and becomes more challenging than expected while opening doors to a multiverse where all heroes and villains at once come in one place. In fact, the challenge becomes very hard for Peter Parker and shall find a solution quickly, but of his compassion, the aim is to save the lives of the villains that come into his world like Goblin, Electro, Sandman, Lizard and Doctor Octopus. However, when the murder of Aunt May touches him even harder, the help of two of our beloved heroes comes in where Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprise their roles as Spiderman from their respective universes. Therefore, the story takes a new path for Tom's Spiderman and his new friends and eventually brings sadness but also joy and closure of a chapter for all our characters where Garfield's Peter has had the chance to save Tom's Peter's MJ that reflects upon the missed save of Gwen he could have had within his universe. Instead, for Tobey's Peter, the chance to have grief about hunting who killed his uncle Ben even though it wasn't his fault as he thought. Giving chances to some villains to be better versions like Doctor Octopus, for example, has shown the Peters that change is possible. The movie touches 20 years of Spiderman franchises, and besides so, it connects 20 years of generations of audiences all at once in one film by bringing back old villains and old Spidermen together. Seeing for the first time on-screen three generations of Spidermen is special.
The story is a brilliant achievement and it is open to old, present, and future generations of MCU fans.
Congratulations cast and crew for this massive achievement.

Hidden Fire Stars 10/10


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