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Juliet of the Spirits
Used book in good condition
318 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 1965
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Federico Fellini
197 books165 followersFederico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, which lists his 1963 film 8 1⁄2 as the 10th-greatest film.
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February 19, 2020
Livro estranho, no entanto muito cativante, sobre uma mulher que - após uma sessão espírita - se convence que é traída pelo marido.
Cada leitor terá a sua opinião sobre os significados ocultos do livro, pelo que dará uma óptima escolha para um Clube de Leitura ;)
Cada leitor terá a sua opinião sobre os significados ocultos do livro, pelo que dará uma óptima escolha para um Clube de Leitura ;)
November 14, 2021
The fabulous world of Federico Fellini is a glorious mixture of fantasy and reality, of joy and pathos; above all, it is marked by a tremendous, uninhibited vitality. Film lovers throughout the world know Fellini's visionary works through some of the most important and successful films made in Italy from the early 1950s to the late 1970s. Multiple awards including Academy Awards for "La Strada"/ "Nights of Cabiria"/ "Federico Fellini's 8 1/2" and "Amarcord" plus a Special AA honoring the body of his work., making him, alongside Ingmar Bergman, as the most acclaimed European filmmakers of all time.
"Juliet of the Spirits" (1965) was Fellini's first full-length color film and is a long, complex film, probably best summed up by Leonard Maltin as "Surrealistic fantasy triggered by wife's fears that her well-to-do husband is cheating on her. A film requiring viewer to delve into woman's psyche via a rash of symbolism; counterbalanced with rich visual delights."
Although not a huge hit on release and considered not one of his best films, but to devout FF fans, it was a rewarding experience and considered his most "personal" film. It featured typical Fellini mannerisms: "that cautious, childishly excited way of his of moving through a world of dreams, splendidly illuminated by the photography of Gianni Di Venanzo (who was one of the great directors of photography of Italian cinema), in whose hands colors shine like glossy covers, acute as those of a trichromatic print."
The photography, production design and costuming makes this Fellini film a stunning feast for the eye. And for the ears, another enchanting Nino Rota music score in which the composer uses a jazz main theme played with electronic instruments, and a mixture of singing voices, waltzing passages, sound effects and even some pseudo-Asian music to enhance Fellini's colorful characters.
Fellini: "I have made Giulietta in color because it is a story to which color ... adds a certain restlessness, certain oblique atmospheres. The film is a big dream, and color is part of the language of dreams."
The screenplay was written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi and based on an original story by Fellini and Pinelli. Readers of the text published here will be enlightened by the filmmaking process, illustrating as it does the changes Fellini made between original screenplay and final, finished work of art.
The film starred the incomparable Giulietta Masina (Fellini conceived the film "around Giulietta and for Giulietta"), Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese and Sylva Koscina.
Review is based on the Orion Press, New York hardcover first edition, published in 1965. 183 pages plus 16 pages of stills from the film. This edition appears to be quite different to the paperback version featured above and with a plain dust jacket with the title Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits.
Also included is an extensive introduction by the book's editor Tullio Kezich and a lengthy (50+ pages) interview conducted by Kezich with Fellini discussing his earlier films, the origins of "Juliet of the Spirits" and his relationship with Giulietta - a marriage and creative love affair which would last for half a century.
"Juliet of the Spirits" (1965) was Fellini's first full-length color film and is a long, complex film, probably best summed up by Leonard Maltin as "Surrealistic fantasy triggered by wife's fears that her well-to-do husband is cheating on her. A film requiring viewer to delve into woman's psyche via a rash of symbolism; counterbalanced with rich visual delights."
Although not a huge hit on release and considered not one of his best films, but to devout FF fans, it was a rewarding experience and considered his most "personal" film. It featured typical Fellini mannerisms: "that cautious, childishly excited way of his of moving through a world of dreams, splendidly illuminated by the photography of Gianni Di Venanzo (who was one of the great directors of photography of Italian cinema), in whose hands colors shine like glossy covers, acute as those of a trichromatic print."
The photography, production design and costuming makes this Fellini film a stunning feast for the eye. And for the ears, another enchanting Nino Rota music score in which the composer uses a jazz main theme played with electronic instruments, and a mixture of singing voices, waltzing passages, sound effects and even some pseudo-Asian music to enhance Fellini's colorful characters.
Fellini: "I have made Giulietta in color because it is a story to which color ... adds a certain restlessness, certain oblique atmospheres. The film is a big dream, and color is part of the language of dreams."
The screenplay was written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi and based on an original story by Fellini and Pinelli. Readers of the text published here will be enlightened by the filmmaking process, illustrating as it does the changes Fellini made between original screenplay and final, finished work of art.
The film starred the incomparable Giulietta Masina (Fellini conceived the film "around Giulietta and for Giulietta"), Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese and Sylva Koscina.
Review is based on the Orion Press, New York hardcover first edition, published in 1965. 183 pages plus 16 pages of stills from the film. This edition appears to be quite different to the paperback version featured above and with a plain dust jacket with the title Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits.
Also included is an extensive introduction by the book's editor Tullio Kezich and a lengthy (50+ pages) interview conducted by Kezich with Fellini discussing his earlier films, the origins of "Juliet of the Spirits" and his relationship with Giulietta - a marriage and creative love affair which would last for half a century.
August 10, 2020
It's an Italiano!
November 28, 2013
This is the screenplay of the movie by Master Federico Fellini. It's filled with pictures. If you had any difficulty understanding nthe dubbing or subtitles, this little book will clear things up immensely.
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