The only Fellini work I like

Daphney 2022-04-21 09:02:29

Fellini's "The Great Road" is probably the most audience-friendly work in the film master's directorial career, and it is also my favorite one, a touching story in the world of black and white images

Take a look at this movie history classic for yourself: the heroine Jesomina was sold by her mother to the actor, the actor, and as he wandered around performing acrobatics to break free from the chains, the hero of the straight man didn't know how to care about Jie Somina, who repeatedly tried to escape but was caught.

Later, the heroine met Mato, a lively tightrope walker. He enlightened the heroine and taught her to play the trumpet. The heroine also began to understand that the hero actually liked him, but he was clumsy and not good at expressing it.

But in an accident, the male protagonist accidentally killed Mato in the wilderness. The female protagonist, who witnessed everything, began to have mental problems and could not continue to perform. Her cries always reminded the male protagonist of the sin he had committed by mistake. The Lord abandoned her in her sleep one morning

A few years later, the male protagonist returned to his old place, only to find out that the female protagonist had died. After all the loneliness, he realized that only Jesomina was really good to him, and the memories flooded into his heart. tears of...

I watch more and more movies, and my emotions become more and more numb, but I always come across three or two masterpieces that touch my heart occasionally. Although Fellini is recognized as a film master and an outstanding founder of modern films, I don't all appreciate his works, such as the imaginative "Eight and a Half", but only "The Road", which I really like. . What if Chaplin from "City Lights" met Jesomina from "The Road"?

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  • Zampanò: [reciting his act by rote before a crowd] Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel. With the simple expansion of my pectoral muscles, or chest, that is, I'll break the hook.

    [collecting money from the crowd]

    Zampanò: Thank you, thank you. Now, to do this feat, I must fill myself up like a tire. If a blood vessel should break, I would spit blood. For instance, in Milan a man weighing 240 pounds lost his eyesight doing this trick. That is because the optical nerves take a beating, and once you lose your eyes, you are finished. If there's any delicate person in the audience, I would advise him to look away 'cause there could be blood.

    [with seemingly great effort, he breaks the chain]

  • Gelsomina's Mother: She's not like Rosa. But she's a good girl, poor thing. She'll do what she's told. She just came out a little strange. But, if she eats every day, maybe she'll get better.