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Amarcord - 2 Disc Edition
"
If ever there was a movie made entirely out of nostalgia and joy, by
a filmmaker at the heedless height of his powers, that movie is Federico
Fellini's Amarcord. The title means "I remember" in
the dialect of Rimini, the seaside town of his youth, but these are
memories
of memories, transformed
by affection and fantasy and much
improved in the telling. Here he gathers the legends of his youth,
where all of the
characters are at once larger and smaller than life -- flamboyant players
on their own stages.
At the center is an overgrown young adolescent, the son of a large,
loud family, who is dizzied by the life churning all around him -- the
girls he idealizes, the tarts he lusts for, the rituals of the village
year, the practical jokes he likes to play, the meals that always end
in drama, the church's thrilling opportunities for sin and redemption,
and the vaudeville of Italy itself -- the transient glories of grand
hotels and great ocean liners, the play-acting of Mussolini's fascist
costume party." - Roger Ebert
DVD - The Criterion Collection 2 Disc Edition
- All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Commentary by scholars Peter Brunette and Frank Burke
- New 45-minute documentary, "Fellini's Homecoming"
- Video interview with star Magali Noel
- Fellini's drawings of characters in the film
- "Felliniana" collection devoted to the film
- Audio interviews with Fellini, his friends and family
- New restoration demonstration
- American release trailer
- A book featuring Fellini's memoir La Mia Rimini and essay by Sam
Rohdie
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Federico Fellini
Color
127 minutes
Released: 1974
Rated: R
Country: Italy
Language: Italian (English subtitles and audio)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
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