Review of La Strada (1954) by Steff A — 25 Feb 2009
Beautiful movie ! Felini manages with a simple story to tell so much about life . This movie is essentialy about love and the loneliness that every person feel it . All three leading characters feel . Gelsomina shows it in any chance, Zampano tries to seclude it and Il Matto aknowledges it but no one of them can escape it .
The performances are amazing with Masina keeping everyone under her shadow with excellent transitions from tragic to comic in a Chaplin-esque fashion . Basehart and Quinn also portray their characters in a brilliant manner and pass to the audience all the feelings this movie has to offer .
As for the direction, one cant say enough ! Felini handles everything in a playful but also tragic way orchestrating a masterpiece ! Put on top the sublime music by Nino Rota and you got yourself a unique film one of those that are hard to find .
This review of La Strada (1954) was written by Steff A on 25 Feb 2009.
La Strada has generally received very positive reviews.
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