arndt-pawelczik
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Let's face it: OMITB is dead. And this time there is no murder mystery. The killers are lazy, uninspired writing and self-indulgent overacting. What is this season even about? I don't know and what's worse - I don't care. The rot set in with Meryl Streep. And is it ever a good sign if a series brings in a robot? RIP OMITB.
I have always been in two minds about Fellini. I love LA STRADA, because it has heart, but dislike the later (1970+) films precisely for their lack of it. So before visiting Fellini's birthplace Rimini this summer I thought I"d give AMARCORD a go, Fellini's memoir of his childhood years spent there. This one ought to have heart, surely.
Well, it doesn't. It is as superficial and shallow as the director's other late films. We see a panorama of caricatured characters, all very obviously driven by lust. Both adults and adolescents seem to think of nothing but sex, the boys touch themselves constantly and the local priest admonishes them for it just as often. One female character (the "she-wolf") does nothing but prowl the town looking for men. Another one is really little more than a pair of huge breasts. That the adolescent Federico saw the world this way is not surprising. That a grown-up Fellini reverted to this primitive state rather than reflect a little more profoundly about his youth is disappointing.
Another comment here very astutely compares AMARCORD to PORKY'S and AMERICAN PIE. I would add THE BENNY HILL SHOW to that list.
Well, it doesn't. It is as superficial and shallow as the director's other late films. We see a panorama of caricatured characters, all very obviously driven by lust. Both adults and adolescents seem to think of nothing but sex, the boys touch themselves constantly and the local priest admonishes them for it just as often. One female character (the "she-wolf") does nothing but prowl the town looking for men. Another one is really little more than a pair of huge breasts. That the adolescent Federico saw the world this way is not surprising. That a grown-up Fellini reverted to this primitive state rather than reflect a little more profoundly about his youth is disappointing.
Another comment here very astutely compares AMARCORD to PORKY'S and AMERICAN PIE. I would add THE BENNY HILL SHOW to that list.
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