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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:13 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Fellini Film?
I doubt there are many fans out there, but here goes anyway, a poll about the world's greatest director. I haven't voted yet--it's between Amarcord (his sweetest) 8-1/2 (defines Fellini-esque) and Juliet of the Spirits--amazing, and has one of the world's greatest actresses in it--Giuletta Masina, Fellini's wife, and also his mistress, Sandra Milo.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:23 PM
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1. Who voted other, and for those who voted Satyricon--have you read the
book--pretty juicy and pretty funny!
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:28 PM
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2. Amarcord...
Is a freaking work of genuis.

I've lived there. I've worked there. Fellini makes documentaries. Enough said.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:30 PM
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3. Roma is really a documentary, so is The Clowns
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:49 PM
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4. Kick for more votes!
Come on, you newbies, you have to at least have heard of him!
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 09:04 PM
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5. Amacord will always be a special movie to me
It was the first time I ever saw nudity in a movie. Woo-Woo!! :think:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 09:41 AM
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6. I just watched it again last night
And here I thought you meant it would be special because it touched you in some way--well, maybe it did.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 10:24 AM
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9. Hey, I was like 8 years old
At that age, you don't forget a sight like that. :D
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 10:37 AM
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10. Yeah, I re-watched it last night, and the scene you're referring to was
still kind of a shock.

Of course, it was also hilarious.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:55 PM
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14. One of my favorite movies of all time. Period.
But it has to be seen in the original Italian, with subtitles.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 10:09 AM
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7. Man... hard to choose...
Edited on Wed Dec-03-03 10:10 AM by Hand
I finally went with 8 1/2, which was (and is) groundbreaking cinema, but I've gotta say, everything he produced was brilliant, passionate, and utterly unique.

I remember that Fellini died the same week as River Phoenix ("WHO?" you ask). All the assholes at work were moaning and groaning over that talentless junkie; I finally blew up and bellowed "FUCK River Phoenix! FELLINI is gone!"

Amazing man. Here's to you, Federico.

:toast: :loveya: :pals: :hug:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 10:13 AM
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8. Now, now, River was no Fellini...
...but he really was a talented actor.

Do you have the dvd of 8-1/2? One of the special features is Sandra Milo going on and on about her lover--Fellini--for about half an hour, giving all sorts of details, and then stops, saying some things are too private! I wonder what she left out!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:29 PM
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11. Kick! I want more votes, dammit!
Thanks!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:31 PM
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12. The dark one with all the people in black and smoking
Which one was that?

I've never seen a Fellini film.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:53 PM
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13. If you're being serious, you may mean La Dolce Vita--
takes place mainly at night on the Via Veneto--lots of fashionable people in sunglasses and smoking. It's shot in black and white.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:58 PM
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15. Only two votes for Roma?
The ecclesiastic fashion show and everything? The motorcycles riding around the colleseum at night? What more would anyone want from a film? Sheesh!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 05:00 PM
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16. Roma isn't one of my favorites, but that fashion show is amazing!
Nobody in his right mind would have thought of that--that's why I love Fellini!
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 05:08 PM
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17. I voted for 8 1/2
but I really meant to vote for La Dolce Vita although for pure unadulterated pleasure I really prefer Amarcord. What we have here, folks, is a surfeit of riches. How sweet it was!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 05:13 PM
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18. I went with Amarcord only because it wasn't in the lead at the time
Could have gone with 8-1/2 easily.

Hard to choose.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 05:29 PM
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19. This poll makes me feel strange
I feel kinda sad for the Freepers. Never in a bazillion years would you see anything like this over there.

Of course they'd probably wanna try and make a buck off of it.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 05:45 PM
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20. Tell them that Mussolini is in Amarcord, and they'll run out and buy it!
Of course, it's a slam on Mussolini and fascism, but don't tell them and they probably won't figure it out!
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