Rating of
3/4
Torino rulz, Milano droolz
Snake Sugarbaker - wrote on 12/11/09
Yet another Italian film about cinema-obsession? Yeah, but this one ain't so bad. After a long-term crush on the girl who works at a fast food joint, Amanda (Francesca Inaudi), the shy night watchman at Torino's Cinema Museum, Martino (Giorgio Pasotti), finally commands her attention. True, this is no original story, but as a tribute to silent films (particularly Buster Keaton), After Midnight relies more on the characters' actions and expressions than their words; the film, unlike others with similar plots, never says too much. Besides, the magnificent interiors of the cinema museum and the dusky exteriors of Torino make for stunning, dreamy-yet-not-somnolent watching.
