Canby, Vincent (2. februar 1990). «Review/Film; 'Cinema Paradiso,' Memories of Movies in a Movie». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «The film's tone is set by his direction of Salvatore Cascio, who plays Toto as an 8-year-old. The handsome little boy is a nonprofessional discovered by the director in Sicily, where the film was shot. At the director's bidding, he gives an enthusiastic but awful miniature-adult performance, the kind that one might have thought outmoded after the films of Francois Truffaut and Steven Spielberg, among others. As Alfredo, the venerable Philippe Noiret is better but not much, perhaps because he was aware that the kid was upstaging him (and, so, overacted), or maybe because of the material.»
Smith, Oliver (20. januar 2016). «On the Cinema Paradiso trail». The Telegraph (på engelsk). ISSN0307-1235. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «The action in the film quickly moves to Sicily, and the fictional village of Giancaldo. The village is based on Bagheria, Giuseppe Tornatore's birthplace.»
theguardian.com
Barnett, Laura (2. desember 2013). «Salvatore Cascio: 'Cinema Paradiso is about the power of dreams'». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «He looked a bit taken aback, and then he laughed," says Cascio, now 34, and speaking from his home near the Sicilian town of Palazzo Adriano, where Tornatore shot much of Cinema Paradiso. "I'd never even been to the cinema before – I didn't really know what it was. So I think my answer amused him. Perhaps it's what got me the part.»
«'Cinema Paradiso'». Washington Post. 16. februar 1990. Besøkt 10. februar 2019.
worldcat.org
Barnett, Laura (2. desember 2013). «Salvatore Cascio: 'Cinema Paradiso is about the power of dreams'». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «He looked a bit taken aback, and then he laughed," says Cascio, now 34, and speaking from his home near the Sicilian town of Palazzo Adriano, where Tornatore shot much of Cinema Paradiso. "I'd never even been to the cinema before – I didn't really know what it was. So I think my answer amused him. Perhaps it's what got me the part.»
Canby, Vincent (2. februar 1990). «Review/Film; 'Cinema Paradiso,' Memories of Movies in a Movie». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «The film's tone is set by his direction of Salvatore Cascio, who plays Toto as an 8-year-old. The handsome little boy is a nonprofessional discovered by the director in Sicily, where the film was shot. At the director's bidding, he gives an enthusiastic but awful miniature-adult performance, the kind that one might have thought outmoded after the films of Francois Truffaut and Steven Spielberg, among others. As Alfredo, the venerable Philippe Noiret is better but not much, perhaps because he was aware that the kid was upstaging him (and, so, overacted), or maybe because of the material.»
Smith, Oliver (20. januar 2016). «On the Cinema Paradiso trail». The Telegraph (på engelsk). ISSN0307-1235. Besøkt 10. februar 2019. «The action in the film quickly moves to Sicily, and the fictional village of Giancaldo. The village is based on Bagheria, Giuseppe Tornatore's birthplace.»
