tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post8402083921081516069..comments2024-03-23T16:19:36.154+05:30Comments on A Potpourri of Vestiges: La Strada (1954): Italina maestro Federico Fellini's case-study on the classical theme of love and denialMurtaza Ali Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09747183316188241022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-10346928422000960352013-11-13T18:47:54.818+05:302013-11-13T18:47:54.818+05:30While I have managed to watch a few more since I w...While I have managed to watch a few more since I wrote this review, I would love to watch many more. I absolutely agree with everything you have said about Fellini's use of neo-realistic concepts in his early works. Whenever one speaks of Nights of Cabiria, I feel one more often than not ends ups overlooking the role played by Pier Paolo Pasolini in the realization of the end product. Pasolini's philosophy is quite evident in the whole movie. Each work of Fellini requires multiple viewings, especially Otto e Mezzo and La Dolce Vita. I can't wait to rewatch them both as well as others. Btw, I am glad you liked my site... hope you visit it more often!!! :-)Murtaza Alihttp://www.apotpourriofvestiges.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-64396732241982262632013-11-13T08:28:58.668+05:302013-11-13T08:28:58.668+05:30I do hope you have had the time to delight yoursel...I do hope you have had the time to delight yourself with more Fellini films.<br /><br />I believe his early films like La Strada and Nights of Cabiria were works that utilized the neo-realist concepts but did not attempt to be entirely neo-realist. Fellini was working toward the evolution of the Italian aesthetic as you would have seen in La Dolce Vita (1960) and taken to new heights in 8 1/2 (1963).<br /><br /><br /><br />Just came across your site by the way. I quite like it.Benjamin Ramkissoonhttp://wdatc.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-20104509313046035482012-02-26T17:35:24.634+05:302012-02-26T17:35:24.634+05:30Agreed! Amidst the pervasive splendour and grandeu...Agreed! Amidst the pervasive splendour and grandeur, Fellini movies <br />often overlook the beauty of ordinary. Las Strada is high on the <br />humanistic element that often takes a back seat in the virtuoso's works.<br /> After I was done with the movie, only two words reverberated through my<br /> mind: Gelsomina and Fellini!!! murtazaalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-74416374773858470722012-02-26T17:32:22.201+05:302012-02-26T17:32:22.201+05:30This is an excellent film. Fellini's films oft...This is an excellent film. Fellini's films often focus on the exotic or <br />extravagant. While that is still the case with this film, I felt it also<br /> gave a rare peek into the hardships of the rural italian countryside. <br />At the same time he tells a rather unique and beautiful story about a <br />girl trying to escape a life of predicted outcomes.Iquizzlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-64252107752356634072012-02-26T17:31:09.374+05:302012-02-26T17:31:09.374+05:30Couldn't have agreed with you more!Couldn't have agreed with you more!murtazaalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279678409089205149.post-57438877633404210162012-01-15T23:31:27.955+05:302012-01-15T23:31:27.955+05:30La Strada is indeed an ineffable movie experience....La Strada is indeed an ineffable movie experience...an amzing way to acquaint oneself with Fellini's oeuvre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com