MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Sergei...
reality, surrealistic fantasies and childhood flashbacks, 8 1/2 epitomizes the helpless apathy and shame of "a director who no longer knows what film he wants to make," as he described it later.The charisma of the director and the leading actor makes the fanciful, disorderly film unforgettable. Its magnetism glues your eye to the screen whatever shot you start from. When I first saw it, I was late for the show, and started with Part Two. I stayed for the next show to see the beginning - and still, my perception of the film as a harmonious whole was unbroken.
The road is Fellini"s another leitmotif. It stands for a sharp turn in the life of a lost, unwanted soul, as in La Strada, Juliet of the Spirits, and Nights of Cabiria. Giulietta Masina, his wife and muse, found a superb form for it.
One of the world"s greatest cinematic classics, Fellini died in October 1993, at the age of 73, the day after his 50th wedding anniversary. Italy was overwhelmed with bereavement.
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