Ok,what did you saw and what did you like?
I saw 8 and a half long time ago...(BTW-whats the keyboard code for "half"?)

Any other of his movies I should watch?
Also,I dont remember from which movie is the scene where someone is climbing a tree,when the family is eating outside,and he refuse to come down...anyone know the name of that movie?

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Thanx SC!

8½™...how is that¿

OK, now all we have to do is work on you getting a right-side-up question mark. :p

You want more Fellini titles to check out? I recommend "La Dolce Vita" and "La Strada" (which is Anthony Quinn's best role, IMHO).

Yes,I heard about those 2.
What about Csanova, Roma, Nights of Cabiria, and Juliette of the Spirits ?
Anyone seen one of those?

Fellini had a master touch for putting humanity into most of his films, no matter how grim or oppressive the story, no matter how evil the characters. Plus, he used his wife, Giulieta Massina, one of the greatest actresses in cinema history, to brilliant effect. Try "La Strada" and "Nights of Cabiria," truly wonderful films in which Massina provides heartbreaking but warmhearted performances. His major epic, "La Dolce Vita," also is worth watching.
The ability to see humanity, and humor, in the worst circumstances is what makes Italian "neorealism" films so great. You see this in Lina Wertmuller's "Seven Beauties," which has a truly horrifying theme and is nonetheless a touching movie.

SC, what do you think of Quinn in "Zorba the Greek"?

Both of the Fellini films I have seen are in my top 20.

La Dolce Vita
A journalist goes through several days that involve parties, celebrities, his mood-swinging girlfriend, and tragedy.
Fellini's best film. This is an excellent film and one that just may be as personal to Fellini as 8½. The protagonist is pulled through several events that lead to his final resolution that some can say is a good ending, or a bad ending. The acting is great, the cinematography of the beautiful Italy is top notch. A truly beautiful film.

8½
A director with a loss of creativity zones out in fantasies and flashbacks while trying to complete his next film.
The best film about filmmaking and one of the best ever. Fellini's second best and a very personal film. An excellent move, Fellini couldn't finish a movie, so he made this about the very experience, at least in part. Mastroianni is great in his title role, almost beating his previous Fellini role in La Dolce Vita. The visuals are top notch along with virtually everything else. There are some pacing problems later in the film but it is all pulled together in the final scene. Although it wasn't taken from this, the twist scene reminded me of Pulp Fiction.

He was EXCELLENT in that role. I think he was even better in "La Strada".

"La strada" and "Le notti di Cabiria" are my favs. I think these are very GREAT movies and I suggest anyone to watch them. But I'm not a Fellini fan, really.

BTW, WELCOME BACK, DEBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Thank you all!
Lavinia,thank you my dear SORELLA!

Anyone knows from which movie the part I was talking about--someone is climbing a tree,while the family is eating outside,and then he refuses to come down?

Oh yeah..and in the same movie there was an old grandpa who used to count "1,2,3" before farting

Im sure its a Fellini movie,just cant remember the title...


EDIT: Just checked and I think its 'Amarcord'-anyone seen this movie?

of course I did. Well, it's a most celebrated movie, but as I told you before, I'm definitely not a Fellini fan. Amarcord is about Fellini's childhood and adolescence in Rimini, his birthplace. The title of the film is in Emilia- Romagna dialect -- in Italian it means "Mi ricordo" (I remember).

CIAO, SORELLA!