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Originally Posted by iScottie
The two Fellini films you listed are great. By the way, if you haven't seen The Great Beauty yet, you are in for a treat. It's the best film of 2013 by a long shot and it's very similar to Fellini's style.
Going back to your two favorite Fellini films, I will admit that I'm not the biggest fan of La Strada as everybody else is. The entire film left me really cold and reserved. A lot of this has to do with me feeling as if the character of Gelsomina was treated way too cruelly. Maybe that was the point, though. I'm not sure.  |
I watched
The Great Beauty on Hulu and loved it. As I was watching it I kept noticing the Fellini influence and that made it even more enjoyable.
[Show spoiler]Gelsomina is badly treated by Zampano in La Strada but won't/can't leave him even with multiple offers by others to take her in. Why? Is it loyalty, fear, the fact that she was sold to him so she's his property? I don't know but it's something that's seen all the time in domestic violence cases. It's a simple question but there's no simple answer. I don't know what Zampano is feeling at the end. A haunting film.