My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, July 2, 2012

Sciuscià [Shoeshine] (1946)

 Vittorio De Sica directs his first major film and it's also one of his most sad tales.  Two boys who work shoe shining assist in a robbery to get enough money to buy a horse.  But when they're arrested and stuck in a Juvenile jail they're friendship is put to the test.  As much of an indictment on a system that would mistreat such children,  found this a profound cinematic work.  Grade: A- 
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