Giulietta masina gelsomina, anthony quinn zampano, richard baseheart the fool, aldo silvani, marcello revere, liva venturini. Ils partent ensemble sur les routes, vivant miserablement du. The film was shot on desolate locations between viterbo and. A narrative that heaps on the heartbreak but in such a poetic style that the viewer can only be seduced by it. Fellini began his career as a cartoonist, journalist, and scriptwriter. Giulietta masina s chaplin like gelsomina is among the screens most poignant and tragic performances, and she, like the entire film, is aided by nino. Surgit il matto le fou, violoniste et poete, qui seul sait parler a gelsomina. The brute, zampano, buys the urchinlike gelsomina to be his traveling companion in his oneman carnival act. 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 circus performer.
In one of cinemas most evocative, tragic turns, the lovely, moonfaced. 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. Every ten years or so, i get out my fellini films and take the familiar journey which begins in the devastation and poverty of postwwii italy, through. The road is a 1954 italian drama film directed by federico fellini from his own screenplay cowritten with tullio pinelli and ennio flaiano. As ever for il maestro, life is both cyclic odyssey and circus, a teeming, tragicomic arena.
The fellini bar, which is decorated in the style of the 1950s, stands out with its easygoing atmosphere. The movie has a fairly standard story arc with a beginning middle end, but this is no ordinary movie. E lopera che diede notorieta internazionale al regista, nel 1957 vinse l oscar al miglior film in lingua straniera alla 29. Zampanos contrition might satisfy the pope, but the true extent of his guilt extends beyond his blunder with the fool into the enigma of rosa. Already, word has come from the worlds film centers a great picture is coming. Giulietta masina and anthony quinns pitiable pair of outsiders provide a poignant contrast between gentleness and might in federico fellini s unforgettable. It starred anthony rudolph oaxaca quinn as zampano, a brutish but phoney itinerant strong man, and masina as the waif who loves him. The road, fellini returned to the world of showmen. The title gives a clue to the meaning of fellini s masterpiece.
Federico fellini, cavaliere di gran croce omri italian. Giulietta masina and anthony quinns pitiable pair of outsiders provide a poignant contrast between gentleness and might in federico fellinis unforgettable. Overgangsfilm tussen fellinis eerdere neorealistische en zijn latere surreele werk. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Once he remarked, i make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies and to amuse. Bob dylan even stated it to be an inspiration for his song mr tambourine man. The title gives a clue to the meaning of fellinis masterpiece. It is being rereleased, in a restored print presented by martin scorsese, at a poignant moment.
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