The more you try to see something, the less you see it

Hayley 2022-03-25 09:01:14

What is the movie about? I was also puzzled by this question until someone said that I was feeling a "space-time continuum".

Amakod is a poetic and beautiful "space-time continuum". The more you want to see something from it, the more difficult it may be to appreciate that beauty.

Fragmented, rich group portraits, dynamic, generous, tenacious, people.

I prefer the music of "La "Fogaraccia", which is as memorable, joyful and full of life as the people in the film.

The composition of Fellini's pictures is natural and beautiful, and the most memorable are the plump female characters, the hips, and the breasts. Sometimes fantasy and sometimes real plots are interspersed freely in the film, just like an old lawyer who narrates inadvertently, and they appear as one.

There are also weird people with the same symbols - the old accordion man with crooked melons and jujubes, motorcycle geeks, mentally ill uncles (impressive) who go up trees to find women, Bissin, who is addicted to lying and imaginative, and of course, green. The prostitute volpina in clothes, the small town goddess gradisca in red clothes and red hats

group portraits The story is inevitably an unforgettable collective carnival - lively bonfire party and small pranks during the period, children's boring and happy school time, noisy and neurotic but also mutual The caring family, the group masturbation of the four young men in the car, the carnival brought by the fascists entering the city and the absurdity of fighting with the gramophone (I like this part very much, the noisy and dense gunshots and the quiet gramophone overlap and mix, symbolizing destruction The "Internationale" of the Molecules was finally interrupted by two shots, and the people in the street sang new songs and celebrated a victory that didn't seem to make any sense)

In addition, looking for big boats, racing cars, snowball fights and Peacocks; ridiculous confession rituals, foggy fog, a cigarette and a night of carnivals, the death of an aunt and the wedding of the goddess... those things that you can and can't experience, interweave into paintings.

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Extended Reading
  • Theodore 2022-03-21 09:02:34

    The fire of heresy begins, the rare snow ends, and a small Italian town deeply influenced by Catholicism and involved in fascism and underground clandestine activities, where Fellini's childhood grew: teachers, informers, assemblies, Nazi salutes, confessions to priests , going crazy after climbing a tree, and countless sexual fantasies, all strung together casually, the funeral followed the wedding, the long outdoor table is more like "Underground", everything is so absurd, and everything is so realistic.

  • Lola 2022-03-24 09:02:44

    1. Everyone's memories come with filters. Fei Fei’s memories are the dark night bonfires of the late winter celebrations, the lazy and warm early spring with catkins fluttering, the peacocks flying with white snow, the mist dancing outside the door of the rich mansion, the luxury ferry crossing the huge waves, and the smoky atmosphere. Fascist parades, weddings and funerals waving goodbye to those who love me and loved ones. 2. Poetry and fun parallel/reported in front of the mirror to break the fourth wall. 3. Life goes round and round, and life goes on forever. (9.0/10)

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!