Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ Is a Lament for the Downtrodden
Fellini’s fable about an innocent clown roaming postwar Italy with an abusive strongman, La Strada, has the romance of his later epics but a more potent sense of tragedy.
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When Real Life Begins: On Fellini’s ‘The White Sheik’
Fellini is the master of blurring the lines between the real and the surreal, demonstrating the overriding imbrication of the familiar and the fantastic. In The White Sheik, currently playing at NYC's Film Forum, he inspires wonder and bemusement.
Fellini the Lunatic and His Last Film ‘Voice of the Moon’
While The Voice of the Moon is very, very Fellini in its circus parade of the contemporary world’s chaos and noise, it’s also faithful to at least the spirit and structure of Cavazzoni’s novel.
‘Love in the City’ Dives Into Unexplored Cinematic Territory
This anthology of Italian films explores the taboos of love: prostitution, suicide, and girl-watching.