WhatsUpWill
13May11
the scenes with the mother didn't affect you at all?
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catch_33
19Jul11
On one hand an ode to memory and life, but on the other, the complete opposite, an exercise in free, unrestrained fantasy. There is no narrative tying this film together, just a series of vignettes with colourful characters, laughter and sadness. I have come to love Fellini's appreciation of spontaneity and lack of cohesion as he wistfully lets us escape into the worlds created in the flickering light. Pure magic.
Renan Lazzarin
8Jul11
O estilo todo particular e altamente inventivo de Fellini de conduzir a narrativa foi o que mais me impressionou nessa minha primeira incursão em seu cinema. A italianidade - excessiva no performatismo e na afetuosidade - é muito bem representada nessa série de anedotas um tanto surreais. Uma joia do cinema.
Joel
28May11
A beautiful film full of life and joy. Not my favourite of his major works but certainly worth the praise. A piece full of nuance and longing, nostalgia and desire. Somehow, time and time again, Fellini manages to capture so much magic into his cornucopia of images. A delight.
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Silenzio
21Mar11
Although very episodic, this is one of Fellinis very greatest masterpieces. Fellini manages to make this film very personal but feature characters/situations that we can all relate too. he reminded me of similar episodes in my childhood!! Nino Rotas score deserves a special mention too, as well as the rest of the crew
Graveyard Poet
18Mar11
Fellini's most personal film remains his masterpiece--a rich, beautiful pageant of small town life and an examination of one family that is brimming with funny scenes of fantasy and satire, as well as magical moments of intimate nostalgia and pathos as it moves through the cycle of the seasons.
AntioneOscar69
28Feb11
Fellini is one of the few directors who can make a film so episodic yet so complete and engrossing. Amarcord is one of the greatest films about youth because it doesn't dwell on an individual coming of age but instead the various memories and colorful people and unforgettable situations the individual experiences. Magical and stunning, Fellini's last masterpiece.
nataliamariana
22Feb11
Assisto pela segunda vez e chego ao final com a mesma conclusão: Cara, tem coisa que só o Fellini poderia fazer mesmo!
Lee
15Feb11
I actually agree with Tyler Chipman on this one. Maybe I just don't get it but for me this a movie of moments and yet all the moments feel meaningless. There is not a single point in the movie where I felt any emotional resonance. The movie didn't affect me in anyway. It just is. I am totally ok with non-linear narratives but come on Fellini, showing things is cool and all but give it some meaning.
Tyler Chipman
17Jul10
I enjoy a good foreign arthouse film just as much as the next guy... but I really don't understand the huge following this particular one has. Yes, I understand it's not supposed to be a straightforward narrative. I understand it's a collection of memories put to film. I understand people saying it's "pure joy" on-screen. The fact remains, though... I don't care much for it.
Lorna Singh
16May10
Filled with unforgettable images,people and some hilarious moments.But as its set in pre World War 2,we see the oppression that will get worse.Above all,it is a love letter to Italy and childhood memories.
Cinesthesia (aka Duncan)
3May10
Beautiful. And more sensitive and lyrical than any movie with so many fart jokes has any right to be.
Ryan Gallagher
22Apr10
We just released our CriterionCast podcast episode discussing Fellini's Amarcord. You can listen to our discussion over at our blog: http://criterioncast.com/2010/04/20/criterioncast-episode-031-federico-fellinis-amarcord-criterion-collection-4/
Platform_Magazine
21Apr10
Vulgar and slightly perverted, Fellini exploits his childhood to present a deftly decadent picture with a wicked sense of humour. It's still a bit too much for me though.
richmondhill
11Feb10
The best of Fellini's vignette films with a delicately interwoven series of interconnecting themes of burgeoning/declining sexuality, family life and lurking fascism. Rota’s lively score just adds cream to this delicious trifle.
Kim Packard
27Aug09
This poetic film is a beautiful offspring of Theater and Film. It has retained what is good about theater without giving up what is good about film. (If you are a fan of the song Stormy Weather, its melody airs twice for an interesting and contrasted effect.)
© <',))( Astro-Tofupraxographer
13Jul09
It's funny how I watched this today, July 13, and that's the exact date in the film in which there's a big snow down. Just lovely Fellini: Voluptuous Women, Carnival atmosphere, and wonderful music by Nino Rota! Bellissima!
