Bernardo Bertolucci's brilliant 1979 Italian film, La Luna, was utterly controversial for its day and age but clearly displays Bertolucci's brilliance. It is, in a word, a masterpiece. Written by Franco Arcalli (who also did Once Upon A Time in America), it is famous for its ice-cream palour seduction and - of course - for the incestuous scenes of mother Caterina (played bythe ever-fabulous Jill Clayburgh) masturbating her heroin-addicted son, Joe (played by Matthew Barry). The film remained mythically near-impossible to acquire on video, CD or DVD until March 2007 when Castlerock Italy finally, joyously released a DVD version. It is a film that requires patience.
My rating 10 out of 10.
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