Tag Archives: Marcello Mastroianni

wicked gravity and nonreality: fellini version 8.5

Is the idea of having no free will frightening? Fellini’s 8 1/2 is a film filled with unreality: Dreams, daydreams and memories.A daydream believer in a mid-life crisis.  It was a final discarding of the stark neorealism that permeated his … Continue reading

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eight and a half : memories & the backward walk

Having trouble dealing with reality and fantasy? Are the forces of discontent overwhelming? Can daydreams and memories at least give us clues to the elusive breakthrough gestating within the psyche? Can we find a way back to ourselves? As one … Continue reading

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