Cinema Paradiso (1989)

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Pull up a seat and get ready for a whole lot of not kissing! Amy and Steve go back to the days before Netflix, when the movies were too big for any one screen to fill, to celebrate the 1989 Best Foreign Language Film, Cinema Paradiso. A love story for the ages...not between man and woman, but between man and the movies. Does its quaint, rosy colored Odyssey hold up some thirty years later? Have we finally found an adorable Italian kid that Amy DOESN'T want to take home? And do we need resolutions or 50 extra minutes when the original says so much already? Plus, Steve gets to wax poetic about his second greatest job: projectionist! All that, a beautiful Morricone score and much more. The square is ours. Won't you join us for one more trip to the movies? Thanks for listening. Drop us a line at [e-mail] and follow us on social media @oscarwatchpod Next week, we begin a four week stint into the heart of our culture in what we're calling 'America: F-- Yeah!' First up, that most American of pastimes...slavery!