MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD on the Sundance Channel

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My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) directed by Guy Maddin, starring Isabella RosselliniOn the Sundance Channel: In Guy Maddin’s short film My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005), Isabella Rossellini pays "a unique personal tribute to her father, director Roberto Rossellini, in observance of the centenary of his birth. Far from a conventional documentary tribute, this is a stylized, witty meditation on Roberto Rossellini’s cinematic aesthetic and his belief in cinema as a moral art."

Isabella plays nearly every role in the film, including that of her mother, Ingrid Bergman. Rossellini Sr. is represented by an oversized belly.

Apparently, My Dad is a must-see.

Roma, città aperta / Open City (1945) directed by Federico Fellini, starring Aldo Fabrizi, Anna MagnaniSundance will also screen Rossellini’s most famous work, the landmark 1945 war drama Roma, città aperta / Open City, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Anna Magnani. Shot on a tight budget while the Nazis were departing Rome, this neo-realist film suffers from some dated directorial choices and creaky editing. Yet, certain scenes carry tremendous power, and both Fabrizi and Magnani are outstanding.

Showtimes: My Dad Is 100 Years Old

Showtimes: Roma, città aperta / Open City

More on My Father Is 100 Years Old in The New York Times.


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One Response to “MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD on the Sundance Channel”

  1. groovy owl on January 22nd, 2009

    Was her dad really 100 or was she making that up? I think it’s all made up.

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