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A Night to Remember (1958)
A Parallel with "Titanic"
"A Night to Remember" is a first-degree relative of "Titanic" - so many resemblances that seeing one will remind the other. Therefore, I believe an interesting way of assessing both movies is to compare them, as they share this thematic idiosyncrasy. This even could be valid to every Titanic movie - if I had watched them.
In my opinion, the goal of this picture was to show how the tragedy unfolded, unlike the 1997 one, which centered on the beautifully done forbidden romance placed in the ship. In "A Night to Remember", there wasn't just one love couple - there was portrayed a wide array of characters belonging to the most apart social realities, in a way we would know who was on board and what happened on the "floating city", which hosted 2200 passengers. Just like "Titanic", it was effective in depicting this clear distinction between the classes, both in daily life and in the hour of disaster. Another similarity with "Titanic" was the quality of the scenes that showed the collapse - overcoming any special effects disparities with an excellent writing and an orderly timeline of events. There were, however, many contrasts between movies, as, for instance, "A Night to Remember" picturing important scenes on the Carpathia and on the California, ships on the outskirts where Titanic had been.
In summary, this movie deserves to be watched, especially for comparison with its more famous "child" - more, maybe, than the tragedy itself. Even alongside a blockbuster as were "Titanic", "A Night to Remember" stands its ground and hugely helps to popularize this mournful and fascinating story.
Dias de Nietzsche em Turim (2001)
An epistolary movie
Days of Nietzche in Turin (Dias de Nietzche em Turim) is a considerable attractive movie if you are into Nietzche's work, his life or gorgeous texts combined with strong takes of beautiful sights - and terrific music as well. Because, really, that's about all of it: it is an absolutely actionless movie without a single dialog, just for imagine. Basically, there is no plot, besides of the portrait of Nietzche's life at that period, with his own impressions and Turin's landscapes. Oh, of course, it depicts also Nietzsche's enormous mustache, making you, while getting lost amid the reading of his letters - despite being a very good monologue-like experience -, wonder how he used to ate with that dark bush beneath his nose.
In short, a cult fans and Nietzsche's admirers only. Even so, you might doze off.