Review of City of Women (1980) by Walter M — 15 Sep 2007
[font=Century Gothic]Federico Fellini's "City of Women" starts with a train going into a tunnel.(How's that for phallic symbolism?) On that train is a middle aged man, Snaporaz(Marcello Mastroianni), who follows an attractive woman(Bernice Stegers) into a bathroom for sex but they are interrupted when the train comes to a stop at her station. He follows her off the train through the woods and into a women's convention...[/font].
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[font=Century Gothic]"City of Women" is a phantasmagoric stream of consciousness that Fellini always manages to keep moving away from devolving into either complete nonsense or vulgarity. It is mostly concerned with how men view and objectify women, always trying to keep them at arm's length.(Correct me if I'm wrong but only one of the women out of the many in the entire movie is blessed with a name.) Because of this, Snaporaz has never fully matured into a complete human being.[/font].
This review of City of Women (1980) was written by Walter M on 15 Sep 2007.
City of Women has generally received positive reviews.
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