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“The abiding masterpiece of both Fellini and Masina’s careers.” – Saul Austerlitz, NY Press “THE PEAK OF FELLINI’S ART! A SUPERB RESTORATION!” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York “THIS STYLIZED NEO-NEOREALIST FABLE WOULD’VE WOWED SUNDANCE! THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN CITY LIGHTS AND STRANGER THAN PARADISE!” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice “A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE! A RESTORED TREASURE!” – Janet Maskin, The New York Times |
ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER, BEST FOREIGN FILM 1957
(1957) “A shabby, aging, dreamy little Roman streetwalker,” a seemingly
tough cookie, is hypnotized at a cheap variety show by the magician, and what pours
out . . . the innocent dreams of adolescence. Fellini’s showpiece role
for his wife Giulietta Masina is structured as a series of episodes (“each apparent
irrelevance falls into place” – Pauline Kael): robbed of her purse and dumped into the river by a boyfriend, she responds with earthy scorn (the authentic
Roman epithets courtesy Pier Paolo Pasolini) by throwing his things into a
bonfire; a famous movie star (played by actual Italian screen heartthrob
Amedeo Nazzari) takes Masina off to his luxurious villa; her encounter with a
man with a sack, who delivers goods to the homeless (a 7-minute scene cut
by producer Dino de Laurentiis and finally restored in 1998); a tear-drenched
pilgrimage to a religious shrine undertaken with the hookers, pimps, and
cripples that make up her world; and her romance with an understanding
accountant (French actor François Périer,
the club owner in Melville’s Le Cercle
Rouge) — but there’s a final
devastating disillusion, followed by a
resurgence that may be the most
mysteriously magical shot in all of
Fellini’s work. Winner of the Academy
Award for Best Foreign Film, Cabiria left a lasting impression on
filmmakers like Woody Allen, not to
mention Neil Simon and Bob
Fosse, who transformed the story into
Broadway’s Sweet Charity. “There is
more grace and courage in the famous
image of Giulietta Masina smiling
through her tears than there is in all
the fire-breathing blockbusters
Hollywood has to offer. . . Anyone
dismayed by the hyperkinetic
emptiness of so much current film spectacle will
find the antidote right here.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times.
A RIALTO
PICTURES RELEASE
Film Information:
Links:
Selections from Amazon.com:
FEDERICO FELLINI: THE COMPLETE FILMS
by Chris Wiegand
 I, Fellini by Charlotte Chandler |
 The Cinema of Federico Fellini by Peter E. Bondanella, Federico Fellini |
 Fellini on Fellini by Federico Fellini, Isabel Quigley (Translator) |
 The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, Fred Klein, Ronald Dean Nolen |
 Conversations With Fellini by Costanzo Constantini |
 Fellini's Films: From Postwar to Postmodern by Franke Burke |
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