Exclusive Memory

Gregorio 2022-03-23 09:02:34

Amarcord-1973
One night, I couldn't help but read it twice.

Many of Fellini's works are full of personal memories, such as "Roman Style Painting", "The Clown", "The Wanderer", etc. However, this one is the most poetic to me. The Chinese translation is also particularly flavorful, "I remember what happened back then."
Just like when I was a child, the stories told by adults always start with "long long time ago".
When I grow up, the stories I tell always start with "Thinking of the Years".

Was it really that year? Not necessarily.
It may be many, many years, and the memories of many, many people are concentrated in the spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Fellini could be the kids at the same time, the guy with the hat pushing the bicycle, the man with the tricycle, and the guy speeding by on the motorcycle...
what he saw , three women who are always wriggling their butts together waiting for their lover, and the woman who is a little bit mentally ill on the beach, or the fat woman, or the mother at home... Of course, there are all kinds of things happening in the town, Classrooms, shops, churches, theaters, gramophones...

all the memories are interwoven and condensed into the seasons of the year.
All sorts of events, perhaps with political overtones, ended up being just a joke in personal memory.
When the film was about to end, I suddenly wanted to light a cigarette; the cigarette was lit, but I didn't take a puff, just quietly watched it burn point by point until the last breath of fire went out; I suddenly remembered many, many people and things in the past, those who are usually Can't remember people and things, these things that come to mind have nothing to do with happiness or sadness, just suddenly remembered. Those exclusive memories.

So many desires, so many movies, so many colors.
All the things of the year, no matter how unbearable and happy, will always pass.
Nothing can last forever.
Even memory may be adjusted by thinking.

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  • Kirk 2022-04-22 07:01:41

    Favorite Fellini so far. The old man in the fog, the peacock in the snow, the irony of the classroom, religion and fascism, a town full of memories. I really can't appreciate Fellini's township straight male aesthetic, the underground must have been deeply affected.

  • Alta 2022-01-07 15:52:58

    Fellini once said: "The record that a person can make will always be and can only be a record of himself." In the movie, we also clearly see Fellini’s thinking and fascination with female images, the trinity of the Virgin, the Martyr, and the Slut. The mother and the prostitute form a mutual contrast, and Fellini’s works repeatedly appear The beautiful, plump, and huge female body is not only the motherhood source of nurturing children, but also the beginning of youthful enlightenment.

Amarcord quotes

  • Aurelio Biondi, Titta's Father: I can stare at an egg for hours, wondering how nature can make things so perfect.

    Miranda: 'Cause it was God who made nature, not an ignoramus like you!

  • Oliva: Uncle Teo's up a tree!