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* HugeHolographicHead: Though it’s not holographic, but made of flowers. And it’s Mussolini’s.
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* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: Seriously; almost all the town is showed as a bunch of ignorant buffoons. As an ingenious TakeThat, one woman proudly declares that almost all the town is a member of the Fascist Party. Think about it.
** They all go out in boats to see the big cruise ship SS ''Rex'' go by, only to be swamped in its wake.
** They all go out in boats to see the big cruise ship SS ''Rex'' go by, only to be swamped in its wake.
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**it. They also all go out in boats to see the big cruise ship SS ''Rex'' go by, only to be swamped in its wake.
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How does one go about describing such a movie? This is surely among Creator/FedericoFellini's best movies, exquisitely filmed and with a haunting soundtrack by Nino Rota Music/NinoRota that might follow you for the rest of your life. It is also a movie so fantastically nostalgic, filled with wondrous, larger-than-life characters, with an almost universal appeal. It's probably one of those movies that's best experienced.
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How does one go about describing such a movie? This is surely among Creator/FedericoFellini's best movies, exquisitely filmed and with a haunting soundtrack (by by Nino Rota) Rota that might follow you for the rest of your life. It is also a movie so fantastically nostalgic, filled with wondrous, larger-than-life characters, with an almost universal appeal. It's probably one of those movies that's best experienced.
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Also notable as the first film given the {{Letterbox}} treatment in a home video release (the 1984 UsefulNotes/{{CED}} edition).
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* OnlySaneMan: Titta's mother Miranda is the only one who displays much common sense.
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* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: Starts out looking like a fond (if a bit irreverent) recollection of the past, but as it goes on it makes clear that small town Italy in the 30s wasn't a fun place to live at all. Mussolini and his policies were popular, the Catholic Church maintained a tight grip on social life, gender roles were rigid, and even the adults behaved like adolescents.
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* CloseOnTitle: Both the opening credits and the film itself (it doesn't have end credits).
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* WeatherDissonance: The blizzard, which The Lawyer explains is a once-in-a-lifetime event on that part of the Adriatic Coast.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/IVitelloni'', particularly the first quarter of the film. After that, ''Amarcord'' spins off in its own unique direction.
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* ToiletHumor: Involving farts.
* UntranslatedTitle: "Amarcord" is a Romagnol neologism for "I Remember".
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Has more fart, urination and masturbation jokes than your typical respected classic of world cinema.
* UntranslatedTitle: "Amarcord" is a Romagnol neologism for "IRemember". Remember" (with connotations of the Italian words for "heart, "love" and "bitter" as well).
* UntranslatedTitle: "Amarcord" is a Romagnol neologism for "I
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The tobacconist.
* BlackShirt: The originals.
* BlindMusician: The accordionist.
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* BlackShirt: Theoriginals.
originals. They lead a dumb-looking fascist parade; later they torture and humiliate Titta's father for perceived anti-fascist sympathies.
* BlindMusician: Theaccordionist.accordionist, who has a foul mouth.
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* BlindMusician: The
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ComingOfAgeStory: Titta seems reluctant to grow up. Near the end his mother tells him to start acting more like a man.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Four of the kids combine it withAutoErotica.AutoErotica, in a deeply weird scene where four of them get together in a car and have a mutual jerkfest in which they call out the names of the girls they're thinking about. (One is fantasizing about Creator/JeanHarlow).
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PostModernism: Lots of surrealistic imagery, like the dreamlike portrayal of Gradisca's attempt to seduce a prince, or the scene where the five young goofballs that make up Gradisca's gang start to--dance, without partners, for no reason.
*QuirkyTownQuirkyTown: A horny fat tobacconist lady, a blind musician, a dwarf nun...
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The plot itself is largely autobiographical, from Fellini's own memories as a child, and child growing up in UsefulNotes/FascistItaly. It can be said to consist be the story of that an small Italian town of Borgo during the Mussolini UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini dictatorship. It mostly focuses on a 'typical' Italian family and their numerous mishaps, but there are many, many side-characters and side-stories...
* BlowingSmokeRings: A history teacher is maybe not completely engaged while quizzing a student on Roman Empire history.
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class picture and freaks out a girl by showing it to her.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Most of the town's male population has an understandable crush on Gradisca. A whole squad of teen boys watches her bottom move as she walks down the sidewalk in a tight dress.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Most of the town's male population has an understandable crush on Gradisca. A whole squad of teen boys watches her bottom move as she walks down the sidewalk in a tight dress.
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slapstick.
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ReallyGetsAround: Volpina is apparently the town bicycle. At one point she goes to a construction crew looking for sex, only for the foreman to chase her away.
--> "I bet you dip some cock in your morning coffee."
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* UrineTrouble: In the middle of a class, done by some kid, in a very ingenious way. Namely, he rigs up a long paper tube from his desk in the back, angled down towards the front of the classroom, and pees through it, so that the boy at the front of the class gets blamed.
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* BedsheetLadder: Pimple-faced Biscein climbs one to get to the Sultan's twenty-eight women.
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* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: The unexpected illness and death of Titta's mother interupts the slapstick.]]
** [[spoiler: This also happens when Titto's father is dragged in for questioning by the Black Shirts and forced to drink castor oil. The mood changes abruptly again when the father is being bathed by his wife after soiling himself and Titto laughs and asks why he stinks.(Presumably not realizing what had happened).]]
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MarshmallowHell: Titta gets pressed against the huge breasts of the buxom tobacconist after betting he could lift her (and is encouraged to suck on them, but end up complaining he can't breath).
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* BumblingDad: Titto's father.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Titta's father chases him him with a belt because Titta had urinated on a fellow movie patron's hat.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Titta's father chases him him with a belt because Titta had urinated on a fellow movie patron's hat.
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* NunsAreSpooky: A dwarf nun at that!
* NoIndoorVoice: Everyone
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->''"Fellini brought to maturity this conviction. That in order to extract profound truth from the reality of the phenomenal world that appears before us, you must reinvent that reality"''
-->-- '''Vittorio Boarini''', Director of the Fellini Foundation
How does one go about describing such a movie? This is surely among FedericoFellini's best movies, exquisitely filmed and with a haunting soundtrack (by Nino Rota) that might follow you for the rest of your life. It is also a movie so fantastically nostalgic, filled with wondrous, larger-than-life characters, with an almost universal appeal. It's probably one of those movies that's best experienced.
The plot itself is largely autobiographical, from Fellini's own memories as a child, and can be said to consist the story of that an small Italian town of Borgo during the Mussolini dictatorship. It mostly focuses on a 'typical' Italian family and their numerous mishaps, but there are many, many side-characters and side-stories...
It was widely praised at the time of its release, being exceptionally well received by critics (some even calling it a instant classic) and winning the Oscar for best foreign language film, and to this day it tends to appear in 'best of all time' lists, with merit.
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!! This movie has many, many tropes, these are just a few of them:
* BigBeautifulWoman: The tobacconist.
* BlackShirt: The originals.
* BlindMusician: The accordionist.
* BookEnds: The "puffballs" (floating seed pods) that serve as the first sign of spring.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Constantly.
* BurnTheWitch
* ComingOfAgeStory
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Four of the kids combine it with AutoErotica.
* DirtyOldMan
* DumbBlonde: Volpina.
* FascistItaly: One of the most poignant examples.
* HugeHolographicHead: Though it’s not holographic, but made of flowers. And it’s Mussolini’s.
* ImagineSpot
* MarshmallowHell
* PostModernism
* SliceOfLife
* NunsAreSpooky: A dwarf nun at that!
* QuirkyTown
* UrineTrouble: In the middle of a class, done by some kid, in a very ingenious way.
* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: Seriously; almost all the town is showed as a bunch of ignorant buffoons. As an ingenious TakeThat, one woman proudly declares that almost all the town is a member of the Fascist Party. Think about it.
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-->-- '''Vittorio Boarini''', Director of the Fellini Foundation
How does one go about describing such a movie? This is surely among FedericoFellini's best movies, exquisitely filmed and with a haunting soundtrack (by Nino Rota) that might follow you for the rest of your life. It is also a movie so fantastically nostalgic, filled with wondrous, larger-than-life characters, with an almost universal appeal. It's probably one of those movies that's best experienced.
The plot itself is largely autobiographical, from Fellini's own memories as a child, and can be said to consist the story of that an small Italian town of Borgo during the Mussolini dictatorship. It mostly focuses on a 'typical' Italian family and their numerous mishaps, but there are many, many side-characters and side-stories...
It was widely praised at the time of its release, being exceptionally well received by critics (some even calling it a instant classic) and winning the Oscar for best foreign language film, and to this day it tends to appear in 'best of all time' lists, with merit.
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!! This movie has many, many tropes, these are just a few of them:
* BigBeautifulWoman: The tobacconist.
* BlackShirt: The originals.
* BlindMusician: The accordionist.
* BookEnds: The "puffballs" (floating seed pods) that serve as the first sign of spring.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Constantly.
* BurnTheWitch
* ComingOfAgeStory
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Four of the kids combine it with AutoErotica.
* DirtyOldMan
* DumbBlonde: Volpina.
* FascistItaly: One of the most poignant examples.
* HugeHolographicHead: Though it’s not holographic, but made of flowers. And it’s Mussolini’s.
* ImagineSpot
* MarshmallowHell
* PostModernism
* SliceOfLife
* NunsAreSpooky: A dwarf nun at that!
* QuirkyTown
* UrineTrouble: In the middle of a class, done by some kid, in a very ingenious way.
* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: Seriously; almost all the town is showed as a bunch of ignorant buffoons. As an ingenious TakeThat, one woman proudly declares that almost all the town is a member of the Fascist Party. Think about it.
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