Review of La Strada (1954) by Garrick D — 10 Jul 2007
Giulietta Masina is brilliant. She's almost like Zampano's childlike conscience who tries to live with him, but can't. He's too primal. Too earthy. He doesn't think about his actions. He just does.
At the end of the movie this has changed, or has given hope to change. He tries to do the right thing, but doesn't think it through, and the final 10 minutes deal with him 5 years later. Where you think he might have that impetus, and he might have that dramatic awakening.
My favorite Anthony Quinn role is Zorba, but he is good here. Masina is definitely doing her best, and pulls it off, and I'm pretty sure everything she was doing was by the direction of her husband Fellini. He had a certain vision in his head and captures it.
Worth viewing? Very much so.
Worth owning? It does take a certain type of person to watch this movie more than once. I'm that type of person, but I don't know if everyone is.
La Strada means "the street". Which is really what this movie is about. It really is about the journey, not the destination.(I could go into the cinematogrophy and score, but others have done it better. Both are beautiful and fit the movie appropriately).
This review of La Strada (1954) was written by Garrick D on 10 Jul 2007.
La Strada has generally received very positive reviews.
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