Review of Amarcord (1973) by Mathieu C — 08 Jun 2007
Fellini's joyous reconstruction of his life in an Italian small town. I don't know how autobiographical the film is when I think that Fellini was making Neo-realist films during the period that film is set and the main character is a 13 year old boy.
I felt he did this to deconstruct some of the myths of facist Italy, for one he wanted to show that life goes on pretty much the same as it did before fascism. He did show the horrible consequences of fascism in a certain scene where the main character's father was being interogated, but mostly the film works as a joyous memory.
Some of the scenes clearly have an autobiographic feel, he simply transposed these memories to another period to add poignancy. Great film.
This review of Amarcord (1973) was written by Mathieu C on 08 Jun 2007.
Amarcord has generally received very positive reviews.
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