“Guess there’s some justice in the world. You suffer, you go through hell. Then happiness comes along or everyone.” I’d forgotten how much I love Federico Fellini. Since I first saw Amarcord (1973) as part of this pilgrimage through international movies, I’ve been intoxicated by his mixture of colourful comedy, free-wheeling narratives and excoriating religious and…
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The Dance of Reality (2013)
The Dance of Reality, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in 2013 is a Chilean/French fantasy biopic telling the story of the director’s childhood in the city of Tocopilla. The film opens just before the Second World War. The young Alejandro lives with his parents: his Stalin-obsessed, brutal father Jaime (played by Brontis Jodorowsky) and his buxom…
La Strada (1954)
First published on ‘We Are Cult’ on the 15th of July 2017 In many respects, La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini in 1954, is a drama that sowed the seeds for the director’s later, extravagantly fantastical films, but one that equally has its own, very particular identity. The movie focuses on a circus strongman called…
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