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| International Film Series: "Amarcord" |
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Event Description
Amarcord is a trip down memory lane that could only be navigated by the
likes of Federico Fellini. His last motion picture seen as a
masterpiece is not so much a story a wistful montage of vignettes in
which the idiosyncratic filmmaker revisits the coastal Italian town of
his birth, Rimini. The movie's title says it all: in the Italian
dialect of Romagna, the region that includes Rimini, Amarcord means "We
remember." Recipient of the 1974 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film,
Amarcord takes place in the Mussolini-led Italy in the mid-1930s.
Employing an episodic structure built around the seasons' cycle,
Fellini creates an impressionistic work that is almost painterly in its
beauty and ability to evoke bittersweet emotion. The film is
especially noteworthy for the Giuseppe Rotunno's gorgeous
cinematography and Nino Rota's haunting musical score. Janus Films'
restored print of Amarcord played to sellout crowds at the New Film
Forum in December 2008. |
Location Information:
University of Richmond - Jepson Hall
Room: Room 118
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Admission Information:
This series is free and open to the public. |
Other Details:
November 6 & 8
Italy, 1974
Directed by Federico Fellini
123 minutes (Rated R)
Language: Italian |
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