True Love (1989)

The Projectors

We’re onto week four of January’s theme of “5 DIRECTORS” and we hit up another underrated filmmaker who has been getting more of her flowers in hindsight with some key film re-releases in the last few years but her first film we’re discussing did manage to beat our “Sex, Lies and Videotape” that year at Sundance. Today we’re discussing the first film of what we’re dubbing “NANCY SAVOCA’S ITALIAN HEARTS TRILOGY” (we’re really wanting that to take off) with her 1989 film “TRUE LOVE” starring Annabella Sciorra & Ron Eldard. Peeking into the lives of an engaged Italian couple in the Bronx almost feels like a violation considering how sincere and vivid even the briefest of lives that we encounter come off. Love isn’t easy though. Love can’t even guarantee happiness. You don’t doubt the connection but will this relationship truly work? A masterclass in representing rich characters on a low budget, watching “True Love” practically feels like being at an Italian wedding. You know I’d be acting a fool making moves on that cabbie lady. That dude isn’t good enough for her. This also happens to be Savoca’s biggest box office with $1.3 million on a $750k budget. Impressive but the true details of her work are still criminally under appreciated. Hear us tell of this tale of young love and also we say goodbye to one of our heroes, David Lynch.

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