A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Jack Lemmon Juliet Mills Clive Revill Edward Andrews Gianfranco Barra Franco Angrisano Pippo Franco Franco Acampora Giselda Castrini Raffaele Mottola Lino Coletta Harry Ray Guidarino Guidi Giacomo Rizzo Antonino Faà di Bruno Yanti Somer Janet Ågren María Rosa Sclauzero Melù Valente Aldo Rendine Bruno Alias Sergio Bruni Pasquale Campagnola Nestore Cavaricci Enrico Cesaretti Armando De Martino Giorgio Dolfin Andrea Esterhazy Ferruccio Fregonese Show All…
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[Originally written on my blog.]
And then sometimes you just fall in love with a movie. Happened to me here during the morgue sequence, which is both surpassingly lovely—even the coroner's precise routine involving the paperwork somehow transcends its ostensible purpose as comic relief, taking on a melancholy dignity—and grotesquely acrid, culminating in one of the only lines of dialogue I can think of that provoked an audible gasp from me: "Ask fatass if she wants a ride." (I could write an entire lengthy essay on Pamela's weight and its virtually unprecedented function as a dramatic fulcrum. Though it must be said that Ms. Mills looks totally fine despite reportedly having gained about 25 pounds for the role.) That…
Action! - Three Auteurs: The Witty and Eclectic Mr. Wilder
With the help of the always magnetic Lemmon and a script that can't help but win you over, Billy Wilder brings his brand of romantic comedy to Italy. The director shoot the picture in color while using soft, glossy lighting and camerawork to create the feeling of being in a romantic dream.
The onscreen connection between Jack and Juliet is obvious almost immediately upon their introduction and is a major selling point of the movie. By himself, Lemmon is the one who has the most screen time to display his signature brand of humor, however he uses his strengths as a more dramatic actor here by remaining somewhat understated. In…
Grumpy old men and Americans experiencing European culture shock. Billy Wilder is in the peak of his late career elements with “Avanti!”.
And this time - the legendary screenwriter gets to write himself a happy ending of sorts. That is; it’s the 70s, and he at last gets to put some proper tits and bums in a motion picture.
And no, Jack Lemmon does not escape Italy without first bearing his own beachfront full moon.
“Avanti!,” releasing around a decade following Wilder’s geriatric farce, “Fortune Cookie,” and his satire of Germanic business custom, One, Two Three,” is a sparkling mix of the best ingredients in both.
Lemmon stars as a curmudgeon of a Baltimore business tycoon, who must travel across…
Biggest surprises in the history of cinema:
1. “My sister, my daughter” — Chinatown (1974)
2. The fate of Marion Crane — Psycho (1960)
3. “What’s in the box?!?!” — Se7en (1995)
4. “No, I am your father” — Empire Strikes Back (1980)
5. Seeing Jack Lemon’s lily-white dad ass*, not once but twice — Avanti (1972)
*the only way I could have been more surprised is if it had been Walter Matthau’s hindquarters
Billy Wilder's Roman holiday, which sees chief executive Jack Lemmon head off to Italy to recover the body of his father following a tragic road accident. Avanti gets on with highlighting the cultural differences between the US and Italy straight away - the hustle and bustle of America vs the more laid back Italian way of life, where everything stops for a three hour lunch break in the middle of the day. The plot thickens when Lemmon realises his father didn't die alone - the tragedy shared with his mistress of ten years; her daughter in Italy for the same reason as him. New romance is born from tragedy, as the two begin to share the same relationship as their…
Avanti! 1972. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Billy Wilder’s vacation movie with great comedic and romantic performances by Jack Lemmon and Juiliet Mills. In fact, upon second viewing the panoramic views of Italy, Juliet Mills captivating beauty, and Clive Revill’s lighting paced delivery of Italian (despite being from New Zealand) was marvelous. Avanti! Is a mental escapist vacation worth every minute.
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Avanti! 1972. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Billy Wilder’s efficiency of script, progressive thinking, and wit is incomparable. Avanti! is among his greatest films. Avanti! Is like a great Mediterranean vacation with action, romance, and suspense but Wilder style. The true beauty of Avanti! Is the change in Jack Lemmon’s character arch over the 2h 24m runtime. He is not only beguiled by the beautiful Juliet Mills but eventually is enchanted by the Italian/European way of life. He begins to slow down. He loses a bit of his CEO attitude, takes time to taste the champagne, smell the roses, and admire a beautiful body, loving friend, and incredible woman.
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (after he and Charles Brackett split up)…
Billy Wilder's masterful rom-com from 1972 is his most relaxed and warmest outing. Jack Lemmon surprises us as a blustery, obtuse American businessman who travels to Italy to claim the corpse of his father, killed in a car crash. In the sunny seaport of Naples, he meets Juliet Mills, a hyper-body-conscious Englander whose mother carried on a secret affair with Lemmon's father for ten years. From there, it's 144 minutes of serenity, gorgeous location shots, and vivid character work that grows in precocity with each new viewing (Clive Revill as the romantic, ever-helpful hotel manager is my personal favorite).
What's most effective about Avanti! is its lack of any sense of forward plot momentum. Plot conflicts (were they having an…
Maybe I would have liked this better if it featured even more scenes in which Juliet Mills, a beautiful woman with a perfectly slender body is being called a "fatass". The more Jack Lemmon refers to her "fatness", the more she seems to fall for him. When he finally admits that he finds her attractive despite her chunkiness, is the audience supposed to feel as grateful as her?
In a great big speech, we learn what men find attractive. A woman who is skinnier than our leading lady but fatter than Twiggy & Co., because if you go to bed with that type, you might cut yourself on their bones. It's like going to bed with a pogo stick, Lemmon explains.…
