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Italian cinema.". Incontention wrote "I would say it stands out as the most catching tune of the piece, but it's also the most out of place and has some fairly trite lyrics (and some odd rhythm shifts)". ReelViews wrote ""Cinema Italiano," is enjoyable; it just doesn't seem to belong. And Guido's near-dalliance with her occurs at a critical point during his marital strife when it is unlikely he would be interested in pursuing any woman other than Luisa. Stephanie disappears from the movie after this, to reappear only when everyone gathers for a fantasy sequence near the end. " PopSugar said " I've had Kate Hudson singing "Cinema Italiano" stuck in my head ever since I caught a sneak preview of Nine. "
77:. She's sort of ditzy, and she's throwing around film terms that she doesn't really understand and sees film in its most superficial aspects. Which is the very last thing this director needs to hear, and it becomes a turning point in the film. Because that's when he realizes that people often admire him for the wrong reason. And for the very first time he doesn't sleep with a woman, and he runs back to his wife. The other function of the song is to familiarize some of the younger audience members with the fact that there was a thing called the "New Wave" of "Italian art films" that really was sweeping the world.
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Reality and fantasy collide. The juxtaposition of these two worlds is the interesting and necessary spin for the number. The scene and the song intertwine, and what starts as a celebration ends up as a nightmare for Guido. He desperately needs to make a profound change in a deceitful life of lies and
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To conceive of an energetic '60s dance number for a true singer and dancer like Kate Hudson was pure joy. The discipline of dancers is sublime and we saw that Kate had it in her blood. We were hard on her, but she knew we wanted her to be the best she could be. She worked and worked and worked and
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120:'s crisis-stricken filmmaker Guido Contini and is meant to reflect the flashbulb-popping chic and panache of the entertainment industry, and certainly, Stephanie's place in that shallow world."
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