"Miss, there are no taxis, only gondolas and buses. Gondolas cost 1,000 lire, and buses are 20." "Then the bus." A steamship is coming, and this is the bus.
This is Venice.
From deserts ("Lawrence of Arabia"), tropical forests ("The Bridge on the River Kwai"), to Venice in "Sunny Days", David Lean must be a travel freak. And "Sunny Day" is not superficial to stay on the charming scenery, it seems to dig out the soul of the Italians.
When the female lead condemned and asked the male lead how he felt about the innkeeper's infidelity, he said, "She is alive, so am I, and I agree to live." When the female protagonist found out that the male protagonist not only had a wife, but also lied that her son was her nephew, he taught her: "I know you are very hungry, why don't you eat dumplings and want to eat steak." Italians, live in the senses and the moment. But they are warm, romantic and sincere, never perfunctory and frivolous. This openness comes from health, and it's always there in Decameron and Amakod, only there it's an extreme: it's a debauchery.
Although I don't like the male protagonist nor the female protagonist, I am very excited after watching "Sunny Sky". It's so natural and seamless, it's probably David Lean's most perfect movie.
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