The greatest film ever made. Period.

I heartily agree!

In terms of filmmaking, yes, there are better technical achievements. But in terms of having a film affect me, there's never been an experience like this.

I saw it in the theatre, and yes, six hours passed in an instant. I never shifted in my seat. I never checked my watch. I cried for about 45 minutes solid. And I was disappointed it had to end.

The next morning when I woke up the first thought in my head was of this film. The impression a movie makes on me seldom lasts past the doors of the theatre, but somehow, this one stayed with me. I thought about it every day for weeks afterwards.

And I can't quite identify why it was that it touched me so. Perhaps part of it is the length - you don't often get the chance to spend so much time with characters. But there's something more in its gentleness and the love it has for its characters, and how inexorable the forces of life - love, death, birth, aging - are.

I've watched it twice since - so three times in one calendar year. And I'm now up to crying for about three hours solid.

No one film is the "greatest ever made"....this one is however one of the 10 best. A real sign is how the film affects one upon multiple viewings....Best of Youth gets better (especially in the tears department).

Another sign of a classic....audiences grow over time. This film was showing in San Francisco and was brought back three times due to popular demand. The fist time I saw the film, the theater was about 10% full. The last time I saw it, 95% full.

In a film as involved as Best of Youth it is easy to only look at the story and characters but as a work of cinema, this is a masterpiece of cinematography and editing and sound design and art direction in that every shot, every edit, every sound, every set adds to the story and says something about a character. Nothing is done for convention or for fluff.

My personal favorite shot in the film is the circular tracking shot when Matteo takes photos of Giorgia and discovers her electric shock scars. That whole scene is only one slow tracking shot and it tells so much.

When anyone says "they don't make films like they used to" this is the exception. This is one of "those" films.

I just watched Best of Youth last night! Ir what was one of the best times I've had watching a movie. I want to watch it again now, but its too long! Lol, oh well. I'll hold the movie in my heart.

I have to agree. This is probably the best movie I've ever seen as well.

It's certainly one of the greatest films I ve ever seen.
it has actually changed my life.

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