Amarcord Amarcord

Antonia 2022-04-19 09:02:31

Now, it looks like a funny movie.
Semi-autobiographical films are never easy, and most people tend to fall into an overly hypocritical self-emotion, but the director Federico Fellini handled it with ease. He did not shy away from hypocrisy. Movies magnify self-imagination infinitely.
The first shot of the film is the dandelion in the sky, which tells people that after the cold winter, spring has come. Today, when computer stunts are rampant, the small Italian town of Borgo 40 years ago looks pure and beautiful in front of such a camera. The grand bonfire party shows the life of the people in the small town. The goddess, the motorcycle man who is constantly running, and some silly prostitutes. The director subtly shows the appearance of all beings through one shot, not procrastinating but full of life.
The young Tita lives in such a small town. He is naughty and innocent. The whole film tells about his joys, sorrows, joys, family life and life experiences in the past year. He has experienced teenage rebellion, sexual enlightenment, first love and After the death of his mother, the various characters he linked reflected the living conditions of the residents of that small town. The film's wonderful mockery of fascism is still amazing to this day, extremely spicy, but without any resentment. At the end of the film, the young goddess Tita finally bid farewell to her long single life, and was married off to her hometown by a small officer in another city. In the scene of the sky full of dandelions, one year later, Tita also entered a new life cycle.
As someone born in the late 1980s, frankly speaking, my knowledge of Federico Fellini is limited, so later generations are still in the early stages of understanding the various elements and various doctrines of his works. stage, but I still want to talk about the shooting rhythm of this film. As an old film from 40 years ago, Fellini's ability to control the camera is really amazing. The works of the living beings are often dealt with as a loose account, but in this film, the details and the use of the rhythm of the camera make all the characters' personalities. They were all very full, and there was no delay at all. The fragmentation of the fragments also makes it clear that this is not a coherent plot story, but a display of fragmented life in a small town.
Fellini's teenage life is reckless, youthful and kind. The city where he grew up is warm and romantic.


December 16, 2013

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Amarcord quotes

  • Teo, Titta's Uncle: Is Father Pazzaglia still alive?

    Miranda: He's been dead ten years now.

    Grandpa: He's been gone quite some time.

    Teo, Titta's Uncle: He was alive last year.

    Miranda: That was Father Amedeo.

    Teo, Titta's Uncle: Is he dead too?

    Miranda: No, he's alive.

    Teo, Titta's Uncle: Exactly.

  • Grandpa: My father's father used to say, "To be fit as a fiddle, you have to piddle. To be fit as a frog, pee like a dog."