Amarcord
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Amarcord
1973 |
Italy | Laughs: 1.8 (Smirk) |
imdb: 7.9
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Over a period of ten years, I must have stared at the poster of
Amarcord a hundred times trying to muster the courage to watch it. In the end, I just felt compelled to — I kept hearing about it and my deliberate ignorance was becoming untenable.
The movie is a sweet-and-sour remembrance of someone being a teenager in a small town of fascist Italy. I'm not a fan of Fellini's comedies: and this one is no exception. It's not something I can define in one word, but a conjunction of elements that will be the precise cause for someone else's love of director.
It's far from being all bad. I don't enjoy the ruckus; the vulgarity; the dripping nostalgia; the anachronisms; the awful lightning; and the quasi-constant impression that I'm looking at a pasteboard movie set.
On the positive side, the movie has a few stunning shots — when it leaves the awful set and ventures into the countryside, the cinematographer has a chance to show his talent; the political satire is not too heavy-handed; some faces seem taken out of a collection of theatrical masks; and the movie gives a lot to smirk about, even though the it definitely doesn't make me laugh.
To get through the last half hour I had to speed up the file by thirty percent, and it still felt slow.
Closing words of advice: Only watch if compelled to.
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