1900 (1976)

The critic sees the film as an audacious epic whose ambition may exceed its ability to stand as the greatest of all films. They praise Bertolucci’s ability to weave intimate spaces into a sweeping tapestry of class conflict and history.

The critic calls it a flawed masterpiece, though the second half lacks dramatic drive. He praises the film’s scope, scale and ambition, while faulting Robert De Niro’s performance.

The review presents the epic as an ambitious, elaborately constructed saga, though it notes that De Niro is overshadowed by his passive role. It singles out Sterling Hayden’s performance as the crowning effort of his long career.

Thomas regards the film as a monumental but flawed epic, with its English-language version’s artificiality contributing to stretches of tedium. He singles out Vittorio Storaro’s gorgeous visuals as an unalloyed triumph.

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Pratt finds the extended cut an ambitious, uneven near-masterpiece, with its first half especially magnificent. He praises Vittorio Storaro’s painterly cinematography but faults the later performances and a disturbing sequence that disrupts the film.

The available description does not establish the critic’s overall verdict. It singles out a contradiction between the film’s political line and its glossy style.

Tobias finds the epic unwieldy and politically blunt, with the first half more compelling than the second. He praises the cinematography and music in the large-scale sequences, while faulting the simplistic characters and redundant ending.