1968, then If .. was disruptive for the subversive charge it described, in line with the historical-social period. Expression of a British cinema that sought new stylistic forms, in what was identified as free cinema, of which Anderson was the main component. The considerable interest that aroused, translated into a Palme d'Or in Cannes. But (re) seeing it today especially for the new generations, which have a vague echo of the period, proposed by parents if not by grandparents, that subversive charge appears completely tarnished if not obsolete. And also from the stylistic point of view, with some naivety such as the random change from color to b / w, he cannot grasp what the director wanted to affirm with difficulty. Paradoxically (being the Italian director) an Antonionian Blow-Up, shot a few years earlier, is more coherent in representing a boiling English company (London) and with a stylistic result that will remain forever. So going back to If ..., it remains a filmic expression more crystallized than ever in the release period, useful for students in the history of cinema!
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