At the Movies: Federico Fellini

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

Donyale Luna & Federico Fellini

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Sunday, 29 August 2021

Amarcord (1973)

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

Basically a typically meandering stream of anecdotes and images without a plot Fellini manages to create a phantasm of small-town Italy, frivolous, ribald, nostalgic, tragic and humorous all at the same time. Very enjoyable.

A loving autobiographical tale of a bygone Italian time is both melancholic and satirical full of lively, exciting scenes, but always with a keen eye for realism and the surrealist aspects of life.

Halliwell**: "A bizarre, intriguing mixture of fact, fantasy and obscurity, generally pleasing to watch though hardly satisfying..."

Maltin***1/2: "...warm, poignant, bawdy episodes..."

Friday, 13 August 2021

Roma (1972)

A portrait of Rome, described through an autobiographical reconstruction of Fellini's arrival into Rome during the Mussolini years.

A very personal, even autobiographical, always loving portrayal of the city wildly mixes documentary and fictional elements in a seemingly chaotic order, but thoroughly entertaining and amusing.

Halliwell**: "Delightful mix of documentary and autobiography, combining fantasy and reality, artifice and actuality; it is a record of the director's love affair with Rome, recalled with nostalgic affection for the past and distress for its future."

Maltin***: "Famed director's impressionistic ode to Eternal City of his youth, his adolescence, and the present - complete with fantasy sequence and usual carnival-of-life point of view."