Yeah, so what, I just got to see this for the first time last night. My girlfriend bought it on DVD, a three pack at Wal-Mart with “Dead Man Walking,” because her mom was an extra in that film, and “Raging Bull,” some boxing film starring the De Niro, nonetheless.
Anyway, I think Dustin Hoffman and co, nailed the autism-adult character for this film. Valeria Golino plays the Italian girlfriend. Tom Cruise was perhaps at his finest as a typecast, as well, and it did win Best Picture for 1988, so I guess I’m not going to trash it any. It was pretty good. It did though seem like every other scene was Tom Cruise hanging out in one room and Dustin Hoffman in another, then something would happen and they’d meet up. The whole movie was like this. And there was some weird jungle sounding music going on in it.
What has director, Barry Levinson, been up to since then? Don’t worry, all kinds of stuff. Try the whole HBO series “OZ” for starters. He’s one of those regular Mr. Hollywoods. As for the writers, Barry Morrow has had a much quieter career since “Rain Man,” than Ronald Bass, whose career soared throughout the 90’s.
Cinema Paradiso 