This Friday,
Film: Le Notti de Cabiria(The Nights of Cabiria)
Director: Federico Fellini
Language: Italian
Runtime: 110 minutes
Category: Drama, comedy
Date: October 9, 2009
Time: 9:00 pm
Venue: IDC Auditorium
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Synopsis:
An account of Cabiria's search for true love on the streets of Rome.
Though many tend to take it as an oft repeated, platitudinal take on
hookers with hearts of gold, this film makes a significant attempt to
highlight the desolation existing in the modern day world further pitying
the protagonist's search for salvation. However, the film is highly
optimistic and revels in the unyielding human soul that persists in its
search.
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Who is Federico Fellini?
http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/fellini.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/felli.htm
A quick read on some of his other films:
http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/fellini.html
Interview of the director:
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/26/fellini1.html
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Reviews:
Roger Ebert:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980816/REVIEWS08/401010343/1023
Stephanie Zacharek:
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/reviews/1998/08/06reviewa.html
Bosley Crowther:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE6DD1138E133A2575AC2A9669D946692D6CF&scp=1&sq=Bosley%20Crowther%20nights%20of%20cabiria&st=cse
David Denby:
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/3393/
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Ratings:
Tomatometer reading at rottentomatoes: 97% fresh!
imdb user rating 8.3/10
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Trivia:
During the editing of this film, editor Leo Cattozzo developed the CIR
self-perforating adhesive tape splicer (also known as "Costruzione
Incollatrici Rapide", "the Cattozzo", Guillotine-, CIRO- or ARRI Splicer)
which made him rich in the 1960s and for which he won an Academy
Award in 1989. [ctrl+c, ctrl+v from imdb.com]
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