Juliet of the Spirits
1965
Directed by Federico Fellini
Federico, we meet again. I have never enjoyed anything this man has done and yet I am forced to watch seven of his movies from The Book and come up with individual reasons why I don't like each movie, since I think my readers might face my main reason ("Because Fellini is a giant butthead!) a bit childish.
Juliet believes that her husband is cheating on her so, of course, she does the only rational thing: explores her sexuality with her sexy neighbor, Suzy (did I even have to write that? I think it was implied). Anyway, the film mixes fantasy with realism and feels like one of those crazy acid trips that I have always despised.
A lot of people have praised this film for its beauty but for me, it was a bit too much, kind of like Masque of Red Death without the fun.
Sorry for the short review, but I have lots of insignificant busy work to get to!
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Fellini took LSD in preparation for making this movie. Did I call it or did I call it?
Trailer:
Ok, you've been waaaay too sweet to me lately for me not to come and give you a little blog love.
ReplyDeleteSorry you didn't like this one. I, on the other hand, LOVED it. I thought it was one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen and "Satyricon" might look even better, although it's plot is a little trippier and harder to ease into than this, so I'd imagine you'll hate it. That's okay though. I wasn't too crazy about "8 1/2" or "La Dolce Vita".
I would actually take La Dolce Vita any day over this. At least watching La Dolce Vita doesn't make my eyes burn!
DeleteI took a pause to see what other Fellini's you had seen Amanda...
ReplyDeleteThisone, in all honesty I'm not sure if I can recall clearly enough to comment on..
But I adored 'Nights of Cabiria' and 'La Strada'.
Let us all agree to pretend 'Satyricon' never happened? It was a bad dream we all somehow shared?
Gladly. Satyricon was the worst!
DeleteWe agree pretty well on Fellini. This movie just show what a jackass he was. He is basically telling his wife that she should accept his affairs and that essentially it is her own fault.
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