![]() "We, the living" ("Noi vivi" Part 1 & 2) - the film is alive. Unfortunately I haven't seen the Italian integral version, but even in the American version the film hasn't lost the grandeur. This commentary is for the transformed and edited American version of the Italian film "Noi vivi" that was released in Italy in two parts - "Noi vivi" and "Addio Kira!". Running time is now a full hour less than the total of the two films. Several subplots of the story have been removed. ![]() Because of this, "We The Living", released in 1986, is significantly different from the two unauthorized films. Most importantly, she wanted the story to be told in a single film. Rand granted literary rights and authorized a new film version of "We The Living" to be created out the films on the condition that several significant changes were made. Many years later, the negatives of the two existing films were purchased by American filmmakers. Because of this "Noi Vivi" and "Addio Kira" were not and cannot be legally distributed. ![]() After the war, Scalera attempted to get the underlying rights from Rand and was refused. Because of the war and the fact that Rand was an American, the producers, Scalera Films, made no attempt to secure the underlying literary rights. The films were made without the authorization, input, involvement, or, in fact, knowledge, of Ayn Rand author of the underlying work, "We The Living". The films We the Living (1942) and Addio Kira! (1942) were produced in 1942 in Italy ("Addio Kira" is part two of the story that begins in "Noi Vivi"). ![]()
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