Surreale come un quadro di Dalì. Disturbing, fascinating...love it, and love Fellini. I was thinking that "8 e 1/2" was the best one, but this is even better.
C'è tanto bisogno di cose semplici per vivere, di cose che non ne nascondono altre, l'acqua è come uno sguardo che non nasconde nulla, non abbia paura della verità, la verità ci rende liberi. Infondo che importa la reazione degli altri? al mio paese un proverbio dice: "io sono a me stesso tetto, finestra e focolare, le mie parole sono il mio cibo, i miei pensieri la mia bevanda, dunque sono felice.
the third consecutive fellini film i saw for the first time on a sunday morning
Brilliant! The costumes, the larger-than-life voluptuous sensual women all just exploded off the screen. And Giulietta Masina's eyes speak volumes in the movie, as much as her strait-laced, plain costumes do. With Fellini, it's like being on a trip or at a carnival.
Fellini's first color film is a delightful, hypnotic feast for the eyes. Basically its about a sexually-repressed middle aged housewife's journey of self-awakening, but it's done with a huge dollop of Fellini magic! The colors, sets, and costumes are just so sparkling and Fellini's camerawork moves along with the caresses of Nino Rota's magical score. It's sad how underrated this film is, for me it's one of his best.
Bright whimsy. Stunning art direction, costume and cinematography overcome the somewhat confused strands of domestic stultification, mysticism and sexual adventure.
I was so excited to see this in full 1080 on TCM - I've long thought it the most beautiful film I've ever seen. For the brilliance of its color cinematography, of course, and the heartbreaking turn by Masina. The combination of these factors serve to highlight Fellini's powerful message that we must look inward to find our worth, instead of deferring to our mothers, husbands, and religions to determine it for us.
A colorful, vibrant, and surreal flight of fancy that only Fellini could deliver, with extraordinary, imaginative dream-like - and sometimes nightmarish - imagery and excellent color cinematography by Gianni di Venanzo, and a superb central performance from Giulietta Masina. An absolute classic. Another great, jubilant score by Nino Rota.
A film with some of the most dream-like sequences ever put on Technicolor film! And the colors are just gorgeous! Definitely a film worth going bankrupt for, thanks Fellini!