{"id":6033,"date":"2008-12-21T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:50:49","slug":"angelo-my-love-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6033","title":{"rendered":"Angelo, My Love (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to leave you alone until I get the ring, okay?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Angelo-My-Love-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA precocious Greek gypsy boy (Angelo Evans) and his brother try to retrieve a family ring stolen by a conniving Russian gypsy (Steve Tsigonoff).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Gypsies<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Robert Duvall Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFourteen years before producing and directing <em>The Apostle<\/em> (1997), Robert Duvall helmed this neo-realist indie film about a little-known American subculture: gypsies in New York City. Its strength lies primarily in the central casting of real-life gypsy kid Angelo Evans (essentially playing himself, as does much of the cast), whose precocious energy drives the narrative: we both believe in and care about him from the first moment he&#8217;s on-screen. An early scene in which the illiterate Angelo struggles to maintain his pride in a public school classroom is quietly devastating, and immediately helps us to understand why he prefers to live in the &#8220;real world&#8221; &#8212; among adults &#8212; instead. Duvall is less successful in crafting a compelling overall narrative (the ring-heist plot is flimsy at best), but this ultimately doesn&#8217;t matter, given that we&#8217;re most interested in watching Angelo navigate the streets of New York, and gaining a sense of how this group of societal outcasts manages to maintain key elements of its ancient culture while surviving in a modern city. We may not approve of the gypsy lifestyle portrayed here, but it&#8217;s certainly memorable, and fascinating to observe for a short while. <\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> See Mike Newell&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0104522\/\"><em>Into the West<\/em> (1992)<\/a> for a comparable &#8212; albeit more strategically crafted &#8212; film about modern-day Irish gypsies (known as &#8220;Travellers&#8221;) in Dublin. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angelo Evans as himself<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/angelo-my-love-angelo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/angelo-my-love-angelo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6035\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fascinating ethnographic look at New York&#8217;s gypsy community<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/angelo-my-love-authentic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/angelo-my-love-authentic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6036\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085168\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/angelo-my-love-1983\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/angelo-my-love-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to leave you alone until I get the ring, okay?&#8221; Synopsis: A precocious Greek gypsy boy (Angelo Evans) and his brother try to retrieve a family ring stolen by a conniving Russian gypsy (Steve Tsigonoff). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming-of-Age Gypsies New York City Robert Duvall Films Review: Fourteen years before producing and directing The Apostle (1997), Robert Duvall helmed this neo-realist indie film about a little-known American subculture: gypsies in New York City. 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