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\u201cAll things considered, we are not too keen on this James Bond fellow.\u201d The film critic Morando Morandini<\/strong>\u2019s debut with his \u201cCinema in the mirror<\/strong>\u201d column in Pirelli <\/em>magazine no. 1 of 1965<\/strong>, already appeared as a manifesto of intent. Having just moved to Il Giorno<\/em> newspaper, after almost a decade on the cinema and television pages of Notte<\/em>, Morandini started his collaboration with Pirelli<\/em> magazine<\/strong> with one of the film sensations of the moment: the adventures of Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Agent 007<\/strong>. When he wrote \u201cWho is afraid of James Bond?<\/strong><\/a>\u201d in January 1965, Dr No <\/em>(1962), From Russia with love<\/em> (1963) and Goldfinger <\/em>(1964) had already been released: but he did not like this James Bond character, and nor did he like its literary creator Jan Fleming<\/strong>, whose narrative was \u201crailway reading and snobby\u201d. Morandini immediately showed his very mixed audience of Pirelli<\/em> readers that American-style adventure fiction was not his thing at all. And \u201cthe incredible Aston Martin DB5 coup\u00e9 (cost: 17 million lire!)\u201d with its machine guns, its oil spreader, and the bladed hubs on its wheels, came under attack too. Morandini was not one for excesses. Indeed, after reviewing two films that were not exactly box-office hits \u2013 Hamlet<\/em><\/a> by the Russian Kozintsev<\/strong>, 1964, and The Trial of Joan of Arc<\/a> <\/em>by Bresson, 1962 \u2013 his criticism turned to Federico Fellini<\/strong>. In \u201cThe colour of the spirits<\/a>\u201d, in Pirelli <\/em>magazine no. 5-6 of 1965, he took it out mainly on Giulietta, the protagonist of the film that had just been released in cinemas: the actress was Giulietta Masina<\/strong>, playing her third Fellini character after Gelsomina and Cabiria (La Strada<\/em>, 1954 and Nights of Cabiria<\/em>, 1957). \u201cWe will say straight out that this Giulietta, the heart of the film, is neither convincing nor bewitching. This Giulietta does not interest us. She is a serious professional, not a great actress.\u201d However, it was not that the critic did not admire the extravagant, baroque world of Fellini, but \u201ceven the magical aspect of the film leaves us perplexed. An illustrated catalogue of Fellini\u2019s universe? That\u2019s right.\u201d But things did not go much better even for the American The Loved One<\/em>, directed by Tony Richardson in 1965 as a typical example classic \u201cEnglish humour\u201d: a grotesque comedy that, in the words of the critic, \u201cgives the impression that it is a slightly overabundant, incomplete tale… perhaps because it has such a messy, incoherent pace.\u201d But then the film did not take the box office by storm either.<\/p>\n

Up to this point, Morando Morandini had been a relentless critic of contemporary cinema \u2013 as he was meant to be. But the \u201cCinema in the mirror\u201d column, which continued in Pirelli <\/em>magazine until the end of 1967<\/strong>, often managed to provide the most erudite analysis of particular currents in the cinema, as in the case of war films in \u201cThe game of war\u201d<\/a> (no. 5 of 1966) and of American comedy in \u201cJerry Lewis, the last buffoon<\/a>\u201d (no. 2 of 1967). He also wrote a profound and painful reflection on the role of film festivals, in \u201cFestivals for sale<\/a>\u201d (no. 4, 1966) and painted a superb portrait of Spencer Tracy,<\/strong> a giant of Hollywood alongside Katharine Hepburn<\/strong>, in \u201cThree memories<\/a>\u201d (no. 4 of 1967). His last contribution to the \u201cCinema in the mirror\u201d column \u2013 in magazine no. 6 of 1967 \u2013 was \u201cThe lion is bored<\/a>\u201d \u2013 and the title says it all. Morandini talks about Bu\u00f1uel<\/strong>, and about how \u201cat sixty-seven, he is no longer interested in cinema: he has ended with Belle de Jour<\/em>, taken from a novel by Kessel that he does not like.\u201d The great Spanish director shot An Andalusian Dog <\/em><\/strong>and The Golden Age<\/em>, Viridiana<\/em> and The Forgotten<\/em>, Nazarin<\/em> and The Diary of a Chambermaid<\/em>. After his masterpiece, Belle de Jour<\/em>, he said that he had \u201chad enough of looking for angles for the camera and talking nonsense to the actors\u201d. The direct, hard-hitting reviews made Morando Morandini one of the most authoritative voices of Italian film criticism. A voice we can still read today, in the pages of our Pirelli<\/em> magazine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAll things considered, we are not too keen on this James Bond fellow.\u201d The film critic Morando Morandini\u2019s debut with his \u201cCinema in the mirror\u201d column in Pirelli magazine no. 1 of 1965, already appeared as a manifesto of intent. 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