Open Letter to the Evening News

1970 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 84 VOTES · DIR. Francesco Maselli

Open Letter to the Evening News poster

Overview

Hoping to shake up the complacent Italian Communist Party, a group of leftist radicals sends an incendiary letter to a major evening newspaper declaring their intention to volunteer to fight American troops in Vietnam as a political statement against the war.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,345 lines

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00:00:08 Hello?
00:06:39 lacerated by inner dissent, to be or not to be, that is the question...
00:10:45 even our famous in-Party case of comrades De Marchi and Dublino
00:15:29 I can't stand it, this house is a mess.
00:22:45 go out in the streets and bury the system.
00:28:05 I left them ages ago, and if I'm here now...
00:32:21 - But your letter is serious. - Nothing's serious to them.
00:41:09 and another at the Federation.
00:48:10 I don't know... Well, you know...
00:52:31 Claudia, do you really think the Vietnamese Party
00:58:00 Let's discuss the growing support for this culture brigade.
01:01:51 I'd be crazy to talk with him, I'm talking to you
01:05:44 Laura told me this morning that Saverio wanted to see us alone.
01:13:17 The purists have cut off your head
01:17:35 They're rich, Why don't they wash?"
01:21:04 Don't be impolite, we're civil people...
01:24:47 Saverio's story will get out, or has already.
01:28:42 - Without even accepting debate. - I saw him yesterday...
01:32:38 we should give a coherent signal.
01:37:43 but to discuss a shared line of action with the Party
01:41:36 - Bye, Claudio. - Bye.
01:46:04 It's blackmail!
01:53:42 No, we're waiting for a coach...
302:53:02 culture workers...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,345
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line302:53:02

Production Record

DirectorFrancesco Maselli
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes84