Directed by Pedro Almodovar Pain and Glory feels like the type of film every director with a long enough career gets around to making. It's slightly meta and certainly autobiographical, an artist reflecting on his career, his childhood and the ups and downs of life. It's influenced, as so many are, by Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, … Continue reading Pain and Glory (2019)
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Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Directed by Paul Mazursky In Alex in Wonderland a Hollywood director, Alex Morrison (Donald Sutherland) plays a thinly veiled Paul Mazursky, a bohemian artist who struggles in search of his next movie idea. We will dissolve into Alex's mind as he loses sense of himself, floating into and out of reality. Alex will 'meet' Federico Fellini … Continue reading Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Amarcord (1973)
Directed by Federico Fellini Amarcord depicts a series of vignettes, spread amongst a Simpsons-like cast of characters in a small town in the Italian countryside. It's a nostalgic comedy, full of slapstick and vulgarity, which occasionally pulls back far enough to remind you that this was all happening within a fascist state. The most memorable sequence … Continue reading Amarcord (1973)
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