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The beauty of Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty, the Golden Globe nominee which also just made the Foreign Language Oscar short list, is that everyone, whether cinephile, regular moviegoer or film critic, has his or her own opinion about the film. And when it comes to this Italian entry there are apparently few half-measures.

“I am a little embarrassed to say… but without love, life is not worth living. ” This was Hayao Miyazaki’s answer to the question, “What does love mean to you?” in 2008, when the American version of Ponyo was released.