Marriage Italian Style | Welcome To The Basement

[@constantine15]

"Goddamn she is built like a brick shithouse" has to be one of my favorite Matt quotes in a long time haha

[@A-Gut-of-the-Past]

A god tier comment, for sure.

[@DiabloSandwich59]

6:23

[@PokerJoker811]

That shrugging priest is something you could only get away with in an Italian movie.

[@LissaLo13]

this is like a reverse Mamma Mia.

[@AKhamseh88]

Just a fun fact: You mentioned "Marriage Italian Style" being the second highest grossing Italian film of 1964, behind "A Fistful of Dollars" directed by Sergio Leone. Well, Leone was De Sica's Assistant Director during the making of "The Bicycle Thief". So it has kind of a poetic irony of "the student becomes the master". P.S. You can actually see Leone in "The Bicycle Thief". He is one of the young priests.

[@NinjaDimes]

Great ep as always! The shrugging priest had me cracking up-- it's such a Napolitan scene to me. So is the squirts scene. (Nice touch with the editing there, that was a highlight for me, it was great). You had some solid comedy moments considering how difficult it is to find light in parts of this film, haha, and I'm highly impressed with the gesticulations Matt did-- as an Italian consider me thoroughly offended. (I'm kidding of course). A couple of thoughts about the tone... If you look at Filumena Marturano, and other plays by Eduardo De Filippo, it was a common theme in his works to have this comedy/tragedy thing going on all the time. While the De Sica film differs in plot somewhat, I feel he borrowed that kind of "comedy in the foreground, tragedy in the background" feel that De Filippo is famous for. He also used to get really really heavy in his plays at times. Naples was (and still is at times-- there's a reason my parents left in the 80s) pretty harsh. It's an amazing and beautiful place but flawed, and a lot of De Filippo's stuff touches on that. I'm a little familiar with Italian Commedia, because of my heritage and also my Dad in particular was a greatly enamored of his place of birth and the culture of Napoli and so my upbringing was steeped in it. My parents both briefly acted in amateur plays here in Australia too, doing many of De Filippo's works, (and others) for a number of years. My Dad died when I was young, and my mom retired from the theater recently, but I'm lucky enough to have watched various plays growing up-- I used to help them both rehearse their lines all the time over the years. www.italiantheatre.org/plays/ has the works they participated in. I was too young to watch Filumena Marturano but my mother was the lead in 'Bene Mio E Core Mio' which is another of De Filippo's plays with a feisty female lead. (My Dad was in Napoli Millionara and Caviale E Lenticchie). If you liked this you should see if you can find some of De Filippo's work-- Napoli Milionara/Street Side Story is especially good, though a lot of his films are basically filmed plays more than anything. Anyway kudos on a great episode, I know you guys are hesitant to put subbed movies on the show because of popularity but I for one really appreciate it.

[@blamesocietyfilms]

There's a lot of great information here, thanks.

[@michaellafferty6364]

This must have been the fastest zero-to-buona-fortuna and the fastest zero-to-bicicletta in the history of the show.

[@fiore3ky]

As an Italian fan of yours, i'm fascinated by this choice and by your (always smart) review. Good job guys. Take care

[@lyricsfromsweden]

It would be really funny if you decided to watch Killing American Style for the next episode.

[@NatsuMatto]

Thanks, guys. After this week I really needed that.

[@AJ-nc4vr]

Hope next week is better for you!

[@meteorrejector]

that cold open was hilarious

[@GreatWightSpark]

"My impending death is acting up" is gold.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Old Man Plummer kept his looks to the end of his life. He was sinister: and my first actor crush!

[@owenanderson1798]

and I thought the quality of "Hell Comes to Frogtown" looked terrible! YEESSH

[@eliotmccann2589]

0:25 "y'know, when I die and go to hell..." Best start of a sentence I've heard this year.

[@slc2466]

"Palm Springs Eternal"- thanks for "wish I would've thought of that" item #8,789 on my list, Matt.

[@paperellookay9121]

I'm Italian and I approve that

[@Miki90Mar]

I'm italian from Naples specifically, just so you know that spoken in the movie is neapolitan dialect so even if you know some italian i get that the movie can still be hard to comprehend. Great movie though, a classic!

[@azulgaia7782]

Can I just say. Thank you for being here!

[@SleepFan771]

Rest In Peace Christopher Plummer He was my favorite Canadian actor alongside Donald Sutherland. They actually played together in Murder by Decree & The Disappearance if you guys haven't seen those. The Sound of Music, The Disappearance, Murder by Decree, An American Tail, 12 Monkeys, The Insider, A Beautiful Mind, Nicholas Nickleby, Up, 9, Beginners, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, All the Money in the World, & Knives Out. Plummer's career is astonishing.

[@slith589]

Always love the basement. Keep up the amazing content.

[@SpiderDijon2]

Jings, there must be better prints of this available, some of the stills you can see online look beautiful - who published the dvd copy you have? So, you know, we can avoid that version. On the bright side the show was funny :-D

[@charleslung6077]

Haven't watched the episode yet but I just found out about Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1972) and from the instant I started watching this movie I wondered what Matt and Craig would think of it. Have a good day. Stay safe

[@EAlexandra3]

Seen it, A Simple Favor? It took me a minute, but once I figured out what that movie was, I absolutely loved it

[@samuelward1148]

Do The Tin Drum! It's a great German "coming-of-age" movie starring a kid who refuses to grow! Its great!

[@jensibowable]

Seen it: die blechentrommel? I would love your guy’s take on this absurd masterpiece

[@samuelward1148]

Oh man... I LOOOOVE that movie!!!

[@jensibowable]

@@samuelward1148 it’s fucking freaky though innit haha. I love it soooo much

[@meaganpal4126]

"..idk what's that all about...that's like...italian property stuff" LOL

[@charleslung6077]

Hey, me again, just watched the episode, good job. I still must insist looking into Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter for 1972 for an episode, possibly in October.

[@erniemiller1953]

I never got notified about this video.

[@MrDavrob]

R.I.P. Craig's ears. If only Craig didn't wear that baby mask.

[@BlackHoleBrew42]

Now you gotta watch Divorce, Italian Style.

[@cheesepuffMcGee]

I enjoyed Divorce, Italian Style much more! More of a devoted comedy, great satire of Italian machismo/romance, and mastroiannis intensity doesn’t seem as tonally out of place as it does in “Marriage.”

[@rhyskane9743]

Hi guys! Have you seen Being There? I think it is Peter Sellers' best performance, which is saying a lot!

[@caffeineadvocate]

The bummer about watching these old Italian movies is realizing that most of the actors have pasta way by now...

[@Strawberryjasmindoll]

Have you seen Thriller: A Cruel Picture? aka They Call Her One Eye

[@masonallen3961]

Awesome. A Vittorio De Sica movie. I hope in 2021 the show does some more movies by classic directors who haven't previously been featured on the show. In case you want to know some directors who've never had a movie featured on Welcome to the Basement include Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, John Cassavetes, Billy Wilder, Jean Renoir, Francis Ford Coppola, Francois Truffaut, Fritz Lang, Woody Allen, Luis Bunuel, and Ernst Lubitsch. I think it would be cool if some of their movies appeared on the show.

[@Misadventures_85]

a Spike Lee film will be covered in an upcoming episode

[@marshalldowning7611]

There is a California champagne...

[@wacabell]

Perhaps you should google Eduardo De Filippo... Divorzio all'Italiana is by Pietro Germi possibly my favorite Italian director, you should really check it out.

[@soltydog]

And not one mention of the soup with the greenery and meatballs.

[@trisblackshaw1640]

The bit where she signs her name... so damn moving...

[@MrHypnofan]

That's what I look for in a priest: apathy.

[@annaheff7332]

I don't think Christopher Plummer looked sinister as Captain Von Trapp... he was my first crush as a child! Kind of weird I guess, but I know several other women who had the same experience, surprisingly. And yes, we were all very sad when he died. But of course he lived a great, long life.

[@Vosslier13]

I hear there is a Korean remake titled Marriage Gangnam Style

[@trisblackshaw1640]

I'll pay that.

[@ellishotomani1462]

Nailed it!

[@TheGoodDoctor453]

That 'Ahh the French' was very 'just interesting' - not sure if that was the reference - or if you are both referencing the same clip !

[@mattburkey8393]

Rip the film from VHS?

[@stevensedlak]

4:41 Vena Vici Ooh la la

[@smacksalad]

Craig brought childrens masks accidentally?

[@craigjohnson6423]

I forgot my mask at home, but luckily I found a pair of panties by the dumpster in Matt's condo's parking lot.

[@cinemafanaticreviews]

No Craig, don't go to hell!

[@stevensedlak]

what did Matt say at 8:50?

[@blamesocietyfilms]

"La Commedia"

[@Swishy_Blue]

Ok... I know there's a pandemic... but is your vhs player still working? Red Letter.

[@rayhs1984]

There is a terrible Rom-Com called "Valentine's Again" they straight out say "This is like groundhog's day".

[@profshad3429]

How about, The Mouse that roared.

[@CaptChrispy]

I was thinking you should say CINE IT for today but then realized maybe you should always call it that. Or maybe SCENE IT. :-/

[@sthomson06]

I did not know the conceit of Palm Springs before I started, so I found the "cold open" to be disorienting and deeply unpleasant. I apparently turned it off just before the reveal, and when I read what happened, I didn't have any desire to start watching again.

[@slorge2012]

Craig, no offense, but your mask seems too small. get some coverage my man!

[@adamjg4]

Meh. The film quality was extremely poor - looked and sounded cheesy bad.