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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,

03:10below there is also the button to go to Patreon

03:12and have my review, below there is also the link

03:14to follow me here on YouTube, follow me on Facebook

03:16and on Instagram, I don't know what the fuck I'm doing around Italy,

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.

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