Ep #22 - Greg Jackson's 60s Pick: Hands Over the City
Hands Over The City (1963)
Cinema60 welcomes Greg Jackson, author of Prodigals, journalist, and fan of Bart & Greg’s DVD Explosion! (RIP). Bart and Jenna invited him on to talk about Hands Over The City, one of his favorite films from the 1960s. Born out of the Italian economic miracle, and existing somewhere in-between neorealism and commedia all'italiana, Francesco Rosi’s Le Mani Sulla Citta is a procedural tale of gentrification gone wrong and the political investigation that follows. It may sound dry, but it’s surprisingly relevant in this day and age of blatant political corruption.
In this episode, Greg dives into the why’s behind his fascination with the internal mechanisms of how political systems are run, as well as the intersection of art and politics. Bart and Jenna are helpless but to appreciate how right he is.
The following film is discussed:
• Hands Over The City (1963)
Le Mani Sulla Città
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Starring Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Carlo Fermariello
And a few other movies get touched on:
• La Sfida (1958)
The Challenge
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Starring Rosanna Schiaffino, José Suárez, Nino Vingelli
• La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Sweet Life
Directed by Federico Fellini
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée
• Il Posto (1961)
The Job
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Starring Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto
• Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Starring Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone
• Il Sorpasso (1962)
The Easy Life
Directed by Dino Risi
Starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak
• Il Boom (1963)
The Boom
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Starring Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Elena Nicolai
• I Fidanzati (1963)
The Fiances
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Starring Anna Canzi, Carlo Cabrini
• The Traitor (2019)
Il Traditore
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Fausto Russo Alesi
