Anna Magnani

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Several days ago -- six, to be exact -- MSNBC's Brian Alexander posted a piece on older hotties, or MILFs or GILFs. Ellen Barkin, Lena Olin, Helen Mirren, et. But he never mentioned Anna Magnani, a major MILF in her time. Striking but never exactly "pretty, dark bags under her eyes, looking like an underpaid Roman cleaning woman...but one look and you knew she'd be breathtaking in the sack. I could tell that when I was ten.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 4, 2007 at 10:16 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Those breasts on Barkin in that photo are fake. Anyway, I'd have to say Elizabeth Hurley and Monica Belluci more than qualify for that category.

Posted by D.Z. at May 4, 2007 10:33 PM

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tholl-yung says ...

Here's Anna's wikipedia quote, it made me crack up. Magnani once said, "Women like me can only submit to men capable of dominating them, and I have never found anyone capable of dominating me".

It sounds like something Woody Allen might say, by way of Groucho, by way of Aristotle.

Posted by tholl-yung at May 4, 2007 10:41 PM

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Noah says ...

Ummm, I don't think Anna Magnani was attractive at any period of her life. She was "sexy-ugly" I guess, to borrow from Kissing Jessica Stein, in the same way that some women view Harvey Keitel as attractive. But she doesn't hold a candle to real beauties like Julie Christie (still beautiful), Ellen Barkin or Lena Olin.

Posted by Noah at May 4, 2007 10:58 PM

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AlexStroup says ...

That photo of Barkin doesn't do much to support the article, does it?

Posted by AlexStroup at May 4, 2007 11:51 PM

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Krazy Eyes says ...

Ellen Barkin looks like she's slowly turning into Angie Dickinson.

Posted by Krazy Eyes at May 5, 2007 7:03 AM

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Cadavra says ...

I assume he didn't mention Magnani because he was limiting himself to actresses currently alive.

Posted by Cadavra at May 5, 2007 9:45 AM

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thevisceral says ...

So Magnani would be a DPILF? Perhaps a SILF? GILF?

Also - Magnani's powerhouse gesticulating has always annoyed me. Don't care for her.

Posted by thevisceral at May 5, 2007 11:25 AM

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thevisceral says ...

Oh there's already GILF. Well, GhILF then.

Posted by thevisceral at May 5, 2007 11:26 AM

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frankbooth says ...

Isabel Huppert. Mommy!

Posted by frankbooth at May 5, 2007 11:44 AM

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Hallick says ...

â€œThere is a big secret that women are discovering after 50, which is that you can become more irresistible than ever without even trying,â€ she says. â€œIt has to do with confidence ... You are not holding back. You are relaxed, comfortable in your own skin. That is so refreshing.â€

Okay, I'm sorry, but that is 100% bullshit. You also have to have been a goddamn, stone-cold, drop dead HOTTIE at some point in your youth first. Otherwise, I'd be finding a lot more links to vidcaps of Kathy Bates in "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" than Helen Mirren from "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover".

And I guess we're all supposed to forget that the cosmetic surgery industry has increased about a thousand-fold in the last twenty years too. More "without even trying" I guess!

I know confidence and a strong sexual vibe are important, but this lady is trying to blow a mushroom cloud up my ass.

Posted by Hallick at May 5, 2007 1:45 PM

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nola says ...

Hallick notice how must of of the women on the list in the article are not american? he is saying the women are alluring which is differeent than "hottie".

look at most of the american actresses who have had too much surgery, they are never going to bring like Charlotte Rampling, Loren etc. because they are not sexy, sexual or confident.

Posted by nola at May 6, 2007 8:44 AM

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