11-27-2020, 07:47 PM
Roma (1972) aka Fellini's Roma
We were looking to see some Rome and reminisce, and there is some of that, but that's not what this is at all. I confess that I still don't quite get Fellini.
That being said, there's some mind blowing stuff in this film. It's a love letter to Rome. It's very noisy in that boisterous Italian way. Some of the shots are absolutely brilliant like the woman in the tunnel during the air raid. Some are funny like the theater show. Some are gut punches like the two whorehouse selection scenes and the fresco chamber subway tunneling discovery. And some are so deliciously surreal like the Catholic fashion show. It's just so ... Fellini.
There's hardly a narrative, just a series of episodic vignettes, loosely tied connected by Rome. It's somewhat autobiographical as the main followable character is someone playing a young Fellini. And it's self-mocking as there's a scenes devoted to the crew making the film. Gore Vidal has a weird cameo. I was getting lost and distracted when that Catholic fashion show hit, and then I was captivated for the remainder of the film.
Needed a sword fight. I'd say DOOM recommended but I imagine many of you have seen this already. It was the first time for me (at least as far as I can remember).
We were looking to see some Rome and reminisce, and there is some of that, but that's not what this is at all. I confess that I still don't quite get Fellini.
That being said, there's some mind blowing stuff in this film. It's a love letter to Rome. It's very noisy in that boisterous Italian way. Some of the shots are absolutely brilliant like the woman in the tunnel during the air raid. Some are funny like the theater show. Some are gut punches like the two whorehouse selection scenes and the fresco chamber subway tunneling discovery. And some are so deliciously surreal like the Catholic fashion show. It's just so ... Fellini.
There's hardly a narrative, just a series of episodic vignettes, loosely tied connected by Rome. It's somewhat autobiographical as the main followable character is someone playing a young Fellini. And it's self-mocking as there's a scenes devoted to the crew making the film. Gore Vidal has a weird cameo. I was getting lost and distracted when that Catholic fashion show hit, and then I was captivated for the remainder of the film.
Needed a sword fight. I'd say DOOM recommended but I imagine many of you have seen this already. It was the first time for me (at least as far as I can remember).
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