Juliet Of The Spirits
"Beautiful, hallucinatory, ravishing!" -The New Yorker
Cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo's masterful use of Technicolor transforms Juliet of the Spirits [Guilietta Degli Spiriti], Fellini's first color feature, into a kaleidoscope of dreams, spirits and memories. Guilietta Masina plays a betrayed wife whose inability to come to terms with reality leads her along a hallucinatory journey of self-discovery. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the fully restored version of one of Fellini's most dazzling dreams.
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A Nice Effort - sal33
When it comes to a Fellini film for me it is is either a big hit or a terrible miss. This film is an exception. It falls in the middle.
There were some interesting elements but I felt the film meandered about and spent too much time on dead end story elements.
I felt this film may be a sign post in his career. It's where he started to wander off his standard storytelling technique and move into his more free flowing stream of consciousness type of story telling.Interesting - rnhaas
I am not a Fellini fan normally, but this movie is "grounded" (perhaps that's not the right word, since we are talking about Fellini after all) more than some of his others. I can at least understand and empathize with the main character, to an extent. It's great to look at, too (though that's often the case, especially with his colour films). There's still way too much of his world view I can't come to grips with (I mean, who really has an elevator to a tree?), but at least it's a little more accessible than most of his stuff.
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A Nice Effort - sal33
When it comes to a Fellini film for me it is is either a big hit or a terrible miss. This film is an exception. It falls in the middle.
There were some interesting elements but I felt the film meandered about and spent too much time on dead end story ...Interesting - rnhaas
I am not a Fellini fan normally, but this movie is "grounded" (perhaps that's not the right word, since we are talking about Fellini after all) more than some of his others. I can at least understand and empathize with the main character, to an extent. It's ...