oh, i forgot i've also seen nights of cabiria -- the (great) final half-hour notwithstanding, i simply couldn't stand Cabiria (or whatever her name was). not that she deserved what befell her (no spoilers for those who haven't seen it), but still i found it a bit hard to care much about what happened to a vulgar, loudmouthed tart.
― soul ma cosa nostra (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 October 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Orchestral Rehearsal is my favorite Fellini film
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
I saw Dolce Vita an 8 1/2 on BBC2 in black and white in my early teens and fucking loved them. If film school ruined Fellini for you, or if the action sequences just don't come thick and fast enough, all I can say is I'm sorry for you. But at least try Amarcord.
― Soukesian, Friday, 4 November 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
did we never poll this fella?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
La Strada is my favorite Fellini film, but La Dolce Vita is his most beautiful
― Dan S, Sunday, 17 April 2022 01:12 (two years ago) link
Am I being 1) a coward or 2) a philistine if I nope out of seeing the following Fellini films this weekend:
1) 8 1/22) Roma (w/ Toby Dammit)?
(The antiabortion zealots have their annual march this weekend; and I don't want to go into downtown DC.)
FWIW, I have not yet seen a Fellini movie that impressed me, but I didn't want to miss the National Gallery of Art's ongoing retrospective.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 19 January 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
8 1/2 is all about trying to impress you, so if it doesn't you might prefer his earlier movies. Roma just seemed like a bunch of uninvolving spectacle to me, but not as bad as Casanova.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 19 January 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link