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00:00Mini-review requested by donation of Patreon from two different Patreons,
00:06Niki and Cipriano Damenti, who asked me to talk about the 1949 film
00:11by Antonino Domenichini, La Rosa di Baghdad.
00:14The first Italian animated film following the success of Biancaneve and Sette Nani.
00:20In 1941, Domenichini had already tried to bring it on the screen,
00:24and it took him about seven years of work to bring this film,
00:28La Rosa di Baghdad, which was shot with an extraordinary technicolor.
00:32The reference to aesthetics for some drawings,
00:36in a certain sense, to give away some characters,
00:40is clearly from Disney animation, from Biancaneve and Sette Nani.
00:44But the story is more to the 1901 to understand,
00:47because it is the story of Princess Zeyla,
00:49granddaughter of the Caliph of Baghdad,
00:51who is about to get married and therefore will have to take into account
00:54all the princes of the neighboring countries.
00:56However, the treacherous Shilko, Jafar,
00:58absolutely wants him to marry her,
01:00and therefore tries to make her wear a magic ring.
01:03But Amin, the young music teacher of the princess,
01:06discovers this ring and steals it.
01:08Jafar will imprison him in the castle until he is released,
01:11but the lamp will bring them to an end.
01:13A story that, as I said, is pleasant,
01:15there are a little too many songs,
01:17however well done, and very beautiful drawings.
01:20As I said, it was a huge productive effort.
01:22It is true that it does not have the strength of Disney,
01:25but the characters are interesting,
01:27and the story is very close to the 1901.
01:29It is a historical film, more than a beautiful film,
01:31in the true sense of the word,
01:33but it is a film that has remained,
01:35there is little else to say.
01:37It is the only classic film,
01:39where there are very beautiful scenes,
01:41and there are some that are a little pulled away,
01:43let's tell the truth.
01:45So, despite the somewhat woody animation,
01:47there is little to say, because the means were what they were,
01:50and it can be, I repeat, a piece of history of our cinema,
01:53a piece of history of European cinema,
01:55because it is practically the second animation film ever made in Italy,
01:58if you consider that of the 1920s,
02:00which in reality is made with shadows,
02:02so pure animation is just this.
02:04And I repeat, even if the technique is not really exceptional,
02:06however, the idea of ​​drawings,
02:08the softness of the details,
02:10the voices, the music,
02:12and also a discreet narrator, save everything.
02:14In short, it is a film that is gladly watched,
02:16a 1949 film,
02:18a pure story, which does not absolutely
02:20the level of the Disney stuff,
02:22but which highlights all the desire
02:24also in Italian animation,
02:26which is born late,
02:28but which is born with good purposes,
02:30like this film,
02:32which remains and remains a cult of its generation,
02:34despite the defects, despite being naive,
02:36despite not being at the levels
02:38even visible to Disney,
02:40and despite the fact that the story is very much
02:42tied to the fairy tales of a night,
02:44but for the rest, in short, it is an animated cartoon
02:46of the time, especially of Italian cinema,
02:48and also of its evolution, because, I repeat,
02:50the first film shot in Technicolor in Italy
02:52is truly incredible
02:54in how beautiful it is,
02:56so a film with a plot a little like this,
02:58a little discounted, which flows away
03:00without too many insults,
03:02but which, in the end, can still have fun
03:04to convince, considering that it is a film
03:06that is 80 years old.
03:08Below there is the link of the roses of Baghdad,
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03:18and I repeat, this is the rose of Baghdad,
03:20it is a pleasant film, it is a film that,
03:22in short, makes you understand how much
03:24Domenichini really wanted to do something like this,
03:26and how much he owes, at the level of design,
03:28in a certain sense, to Disney,
03:30but how much it was actually anti-Disney,
03:32in a certain kind of story, which, however,
03:34I repeat, remains naive, enough,
03:36and so a little random,
03:38in the complex, however, an absolutely cult film,
03:40this does not take it away from anyone.