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• Satyricon definitely drives home the point that the Grandeur of Rome wasn't so grand . . . * - mr grits 10:11:49 08/22/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Fellini "Roma" and "Satyricon" posted by La Dolce Vita on August 21, 2006 at 18:59:56:

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• Perhaps you are simply looking for wrong stuff - Victor Khomenko 06:13:18 08/22/06 (3)
  In Reply to: Fellini "Roma" and "Satyricon" posted by La Dolce Vita on August 21, 2006 at 18:59:56:

  Fellinin has uique style, and you should not approach him with a set of standards... some of his films stay closer to the "established" norm, others become more excercises in free style expressions, but being an artist he makes them all works of art - just in different genre.

  For one, I immensely enjoy his "whirlpool" movies, much like I have always enjoyed examining the complex images of the early Flemish and Duch painters, every little figure there full of its own life... many Fellini films are like the microscopist paintings. And when you watch something like Roma, you realize it is like the artist' notebook, where you have thousand sketches, each one potentially developed into a full blown picture, some actually are... it was for good reason they published the notebooks of the famous Russian writers Il'f and Petrov - those quick and brief notes contain so much and tell so much about the authors, and about the human nature, it is a real treat to read them.

  Ditto for Fellini's whirlpools. Things like the Vatican fashion show are true self-contained gems, and having more than one in one setting should be considered a treat.

  I will not say anything about the Satiricon, the only Fellini film that I have not been able to penetrate, even though I do see the top level beauty in it.

  So to answer your question why are his films great - because they are art.

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Yet, you cannot appreciate "modern painting?" nt - tinear 08:20:26 08/22/06 (2)
    In Reply to: Perhaps you are simply looking for wrong stuff posted by Victor Khomenko on August 22, 2006 at 06:13:18:

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    • I don't think that is correct at all - Victor Khomenko 08:38:17 08/22/06 (1)
      In Reply to: Yet, you cannot appreciate "modern painting?" nt posted by tinear on August 22, 2006 at 08:20:26:

      Maybe at some point I said something about the abstract ones, and I remain cynical about some of it, but I would not say I dislike modern art.

      Only about 98% of it! :-)

      Seriously though, we have quite a few modern paintings in our collection, and I can think of many, many that I would love to have.
      

      
      
      
      

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      • Sorry. I thought you were a "representational" guy. nt - tinear 16:40:16 08/22/06 (0)
        In Reply to: I don't think that is correct at all posted by Victor Khomenko on August 22, 2006 at 08:38:17:

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• I prefer his early films and then La Dolce Vita. - tinear 04:34:50 08/22/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Fellini "Roma" and "Satyricon" posted by La Dolce Vita on August 21, 2006 at 18:59:56:

  81/2 I found indulgent and overlong.
  The later films seemed too overtly like therapy, which is the problem I have with many Bergman films, too.
  Yes, gentlemen, you are neurotic. I don't care.
  
  

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• Beats me... I never apply rational thought to Fellini's work! :-) -nt - Bersani 19:52:35 08/21/06 (0)
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