Napoli Napoli Napoli (2009)

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Napoli Napoli Napoli (2009) Mar 6, 2016 Movie review Abel Ferrara, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), was born in the Bronx and has become a cult figure in films, best known in the U.S. because of his connection to the film "Bad Lieutenant". IMDb says he characteristically includes in his films deeply flawed characters, inherently decent men caught up in violence, end with death of the main character, and others. If his rendering of Naples, and of the whole of southern Italy, is accurate, I may rethink my choice of Brindisi as a place to live, even for one year. The movie takes a look at the seedy side of Naples, at the people who inhabit it, and includes interviews with Napolianii from the Mayor to a major journalist to inmates in the women's prison in Pozzuoli. The film is presented as a weaving of documentary with short episodes of fiction. Drug use, poverty, social actions, and the mafia are depicted in this film, much as cinema verité. I came across the movie in my studies of Italian language. This one has English subtitles, except where English is spoken and then the subtitles are in Italian. The website MUBI.com posts this synopsis: "...not only a portrait of the city itself, but a deep sight into its humanity, vital and brutal, passionate and cruel at the same time." Below the synopsis, a few comments are posted with which I pretty much agree, including one by Adam Cook: "Best end credits ever." Movie clip on YouTube (7½ minutes):