Fellini received an honorary oscar at the 1993 academy awards, with his wife giulietta masina applauding tearfully in the front row. As the film begins, we see a young woman carrying a load of sticks on her back. A trio of conmen led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job. The street or the road film score by italian composer nino rota for the 1954 film of the same name by federico fellini. 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. By that time nino rota, who started his film scoring career in the early 40s, had scored over 90. Seldom have i watched so revered a film by so important a director and felt so little in response. With broderick crawford, richard basehart, giulietta masina, franco fabrizi.
Filmoteca sant joan dalacant recommended for you 7. The road is a 1954 italian drama film directed by federico fellini from his own screenplay cowritten with tullio pinelli and ennio flaiano. It is being rereleased, in a restored print presented by martin scorsese, at a poignant moment. It is also an important transitional work in italian cinema because its poetic and lyrical qualities set it apart from the literalness of the neorealism school which had dominated postworld war ii italy. It provides a panoramic view of a society gone wild with press conferences, image makers, paparazzi, and celebrities, and in spite of its ability to create stirring images of an unforgettable character such as the trevi fountain scene, which was indelibly etched into. Recommended for those over 17 only based on themes beyond the interest or understanding of the young. In italy it catapulted its director, federico fellini, to the front ranks of that countrys greatest filmmaking talents. These characters are certainly recognizable as human flotsam and jetsam, but no one would call them ordinary. The heartbreaking story concerns circus strongman zampano, who buys a simple young. Nino rota composer 19111979 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. This is a masterpiece of italian cinema from legendary director federico fellini.
Nino rota composer 19111979 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Gelsomina masina is a slowwitted peasant girl whose sister rosa left some time in the backstory, to work with strongman zampano quinn as part of his traveling strongman. It tells us that it is commendable to imagine, for it is the world that is cruel. Winner of the firstever academy award for best foreign language film, featuring fellinis wife and lifelong muse giulietta masina as a young innocent sold to a circus brute anthony quinn. The road, fellini returned to the world of showmen. But he is by the sea, and the fact that he is crying shows that he has dissolved his barriers against sensitivity and feeling. A national catholic register videodvd picks film sdg. Fellini received an honorary oscar at the 1993 academy awards, with his wife giulietta masina applauding tearfully. Simple and servile, dreamy gelsomina is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman zampano. It starred anthony rudolph oaxaca quinn as zampano, a brutish but phoney itinerant strong man, and masina as the waif who loves him. The film was shot on desolate locations between viterbo and. He realizes how lost he is without her, because she was the heartcenter that gave meaning to his life. It stars simone signoret and samy benyoub, and tells the story of an elderly jewish woman and former prostitute in paris who cares for a number of children, including an adolescent algerian boy.
When i saw it again, around 1970, i was living in a version of marcellos world. As his assistant, she becomes an adept carnival performer, but has to loyally endure his cruelty and abuse as they travel the italian countryside performing together. A trio of conmen led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures. With vincent cassel, hubert kounde, said taghmaoui, abdel ahmed ghili. Her siblings come to tell her that their sister, rosa, is dead. Rotas music was one of the relatively rare european film scores to attract wide attention in the united states as well many european composers of rotas generation had relocated to hollywood at the outbreak of world war ii, but rota was. Strada films documentary film project, totonel working title, directed by alexander nanau, currently in production, was selected to participate to the idfa forum 2123 november. Fellini satyricon is the italian director at his most. This cd combines both soundtracks onto one disc, providing a major service to film scholars and soundtrack.
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