Between nothingness, he chose to be honest

Gayle 2022-08-21 18:31:02

One brush, because I didn't fully understand it, so four points. I heard that it is a movie that is not easy to understand, so I bought a cup of coffee to watch it. I also missed the beginning and the first dream because I waited for the coffee. When I started watching it, it was already the second dream, but Because of the blessing of coffee, I did not feel sleepy throughout the whole process, and I worked hard to understand and integrate throughout the whole process. The film is unreal, the reality and the dream overlap, and the male protagonist faces the exhaustion of inspiration for the next script, as well as the bottleneck of marriage or love. The rhythm of the whole movie is tight, the music, the conversation, the changing of the scene, the planning of the movie in the play, everyone's chatter, religion, the soul, the clown, the relationship between men and women in a man's dream, the spaceship. . . . All kinds of things, as he said, were put into the movie. Every woman is beautiful. Every picture is beautiful. Every conversation seems to have a different meaning. After the dream of suicide, the producer's talk inspired the male protagonist. Regarding nothingness, everything comes from nothingness, and finally returns to nothingness. Therefore, there is no need to care too much about what is true and false. Therefore, the movie that is about to abort finally ushered in the climax of the finale. Everyone dressed in white came to the spaceship and danced together .

No inspiration, no script, nothing, reality is the best script, so there are eight and a half, so there is no inspiration to the film. Completely true to present the real journey, as repeated in the film, Fellini made an honest film. Or, he wants us to see his honesty.

Black and white light and shadow, dialogue, music, and structure are all worth savoring. This movie is worth reconsidering on a good afternoon or late night.

Remember Fellini for the first time.

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  • Guido: Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.

  • Guido: I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film to help bury forever all the dead things we carry around inside. Instead, it's me who lacks the courage to bury anything at all. Now I'm utterly confused, with this tower on my hands. I wonder why things turned out this way. Where did I lose my way? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway. Why don't those spirits of yours come to my aid? You always said they had lots of messages for me. Let them get to work.

    Rossella: I've already told you: your attitude is all wrong. You're curious in a childish way. You want too many guarantees.

    Guido: Fine, but what do they say?

    Rossella: The same as always. They're very reasonable. They know you very well.

    Guido: Well then?

    Rossella: They say you're free, but you have to choose. And you don't have much time. You have to hurry.