Back then, I remember

Jocelyn 2022-04-19 09:02:31

This is the first set of CDs released by CC Standard, Fellini's semi-memoirs, memories of adolescence.

When the dandelions are flying, spring arrives in the town. The arrival of spring seems to be the beginning of a boy's puberty. A manic father, a conservative mother, a flamboyant red-clothed beauty, a psychotic uncle, and a raucous town dweller, these flawed but vivid characters make up this uniquely prose-like film. Those nonsense times are so beautiful, making people sigh of worry-free youth. The dazzling sunshine of the Apennine Peninsula exudes a lazy temperament, like the tone of the whole movie, with a dreamlike feeling.

I really like this kind of Italian impression, people shouting, khaki walls, blue sea, golden sunshine, full of vitality.

Of course, everything I've written is far from reaching the depths of master movies, but I'm not writing this article to study the meaning and purpose of those shots, I just want to write a short essay for a leisurely afternoon.

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  • Suzanne 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    Possibly, together with "La Dolce Vita" and "Roman Graffiti", into the list of favorite movies. In the end, real images give up the plot, you only need scenes, shapes, and rich details... A huge number of characters completely dismember the film, and then stitch the images little by little in the constant recurrence. If Fellini completed realism in his early years, he narrated modernism in middle age, and in his later years he became modernism itself. Couples quarreling, women with big breasts, and old people in the fog are unforgettable.

  • Creola 2022-04-21 09:02:51

    1. I almost couldn't watch it anymore. The first half is about the so-called humor, madness without breath, until my uncle climbed the tree. 2. Those vivid and splendid images may still be unsolved, but they are full of them, all turned into deep feelings, which are quite advanced imagination. The occasional embellishment of big breasts and fat buttocks is a testament to the director's mastery of rhythm control. 3. Although "Black Cat and White Cat" is very similar in homage, when compared in realm, it shows that the turtle is tacky.

Amarcord quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Teo, Titta's Uncle: I want a woman!

  • Aurelio Biondi, Titta's Father: Tell me, who's the father of this piece of shit?