Where have you been during winter 1946? Since some of us would likely say – nowhere, here is a time capsule from that period in Rome, right after WW2 is over. The American GI’s are still in town and the people wake up into the rough realities of making a living in a battered economy.… Continue reading Rome Free City – Roma Città Libera (Marcello Pagliero – 1946)
Month: December 2007
Nights of Cabiria – Le Notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini – 1957)
This is the last film of Fellini’s second triliogy that started with La Strada (1954) and Il Bidone (1955). A trilogy dedicated to themes of people living on the margins of society (street dancer, swindler and a prostitute) that despite their rough lives eventually experience radical life change, call it redemption. In this film, Fellini… Continue reading Nights of Cabiria – Le Notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini – 1957)