1969 · heist · caper · comedy
The Italian Job
Directed by Peter Collinson1h 40m1969
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
Our read: The Italian Job (1969) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded heist · caper · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured heist / caper, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- kinetic
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