The heartwrenching story of a young woman sold by her mother to a strolling player is infused with. It is also an important transitional work in italian cinema because its poetic and lyrical qualities set it apart from the literalness of the neorealism school which had dominated postworld war ii italy. We journey into the heart of the italian countryside where gelsomina, full of the innocent spirit of youth, is bought by zampano, a travelling. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Shes a heartbreaking character to watch and as the film progresses, the urge to pick her up out of the screen and give her a. Giulietta masina gelsomina, anthony quinn zampano, richard baseheart the fool, aldo silvani, marcello revere, liva venturini.
Fellini was initially associated with the italian neorealist movement in the cinema just after world war two. The road, fellini returned to the world of showmen. The notes to the shooting script enable the reader to reconstruct some of fellinis changes while shooting the film. As with much of the work of director federico fellini, man is viewed as suspended between the heavens and the earth, adroitly symbolized here by il mattothe fool richard baseheart, a highwire. If that movie is federico fellinis 8 12a film, writes alexander sesonske at the criterion collection, in which almost every scene is memorableyou wont regret the time spent, and thanks to the criterion collections many free films available on hulu, time will be your only cost. We journey into the heart of the italian countryside where gelsomina. Federico fellini, cavaliere di gran croce omri italian. The film was shot on desolate locations between viterbo and. After acting in paul mazurskys alex in wonderland and ettore scolas ceravamo tanto amati, he shot 1976s il casanova di federico fellini, which found favor only in japan. Already, word has come from the worlds film centers a great picture is coming. With anthony quinn, giulietta masina, richard basehart, aldo silvani.
The neorealist movement, a semidocumentary form which tried to depict the most common activities of a. Music from the classic films of federico fellini nino rota on allmusic 1993. She was like an annoying charlie chaplin, i understand fellini wanted a naive character but why annoying. The fellini bar, which is decorated in the style of the 1950s, stands out with its easygoing atmosphere. In one of cinemas most evocative, tragic turns, the. Federico fellini great director profile senses of cinema. A traveling strongman, zampano, repays the death of rosa, his assistant, by offering the same job to little sister gelsomina, whose mother receives compensation in return. Once he remarked, i make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies and to amuse. Anthony quinn, mexican by birth and already a famous star came over an did the movie for almost nothing. Federico fellini biography, movie highlights and photos. A lot of european films were showing up is socalled art cinemas.
In 1956, the film won the academy award for best film in a foreign language. Les survivants, des combinards opportunistes sans scrupules. Bart wrote the score in 1967 and made a demonstration recording, although the musical was not produced until 1969, when it was famously cancelled after just one. Ross filarmonica della scala riccardo chailly the fellini album. When gelsomina giulietta masina, a naive young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman zampano anthony quinn to be h. This cd combines both soundtracks onto one disc, providing a major service to film scholars and. She meets il matto the fool a funambulist all about finesse. It is based on the 1954 film of the same name by federico fellini. I see it as but a single peddle in the road, but like the one gelsomina choses for herself, its an enormously important, enormously personal pebble. Fellini received an honorary oscar at the 1993 academy awards, with his wife giulietta masina applauding tearfully in the front row. The film tells the story of gelsomina, a simpleminded young woman giulietta masina bought from her mother by zampano anthony quinn, a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road. It is being rereleased, in a restored print presented by martin scorsese, at a poignant moment. A carefree girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. The road is a 1954 italian drama film directed by federico fellini from his own screenplay cowritten with tullio pinelli and ennio flaiano.
Filmed in italy in 1954, black and white, borrowed cameras and dubbed sound. In one of cinemas most evocative, tragic turns, the lovely, moonfaced. Federico fellini was one of the giant directors in the golden era of 20th century italian cinema. I started going to movies before the pg guidance code. But it struggles to capture the true darkness at the heart of fellinis masterpiece. I clowns suite filarmonica della scala riccardo chailly the fellini album. It starred anthony rudolph oaxaca quinn as zampano, a brutish but phoney itinerant strong man, and masina as the waif who loves him. The movie has a fairly standard story arc with a beginning middle end, but this is no ordinary movie. Fellini began his career as a cartoonist, journalist, and scriptwriter. The edition also contains an introduction, which analyzes the works place in film history and provides a number of articles on the films production.
888 83 395 802 816 1314 1604 480 1413 37 105 1143 1146 858 1296 523 66 37 466 1048 979 44 1193 103 879 26 452 400 131 716 1478 277 349