Thehibikiew
Not even bad in a good way
Tacticalin
An absolute waste of money
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
ladytrol
True masterpiece, in all its complexity - fun before everything (and this movie certainly contains everything life is about - growing up, family, political, mental health, loss and various life issues presented with such warmth, wisdom and humor).
I have watched Amarkord a dozen of times since I first saw it in the mid 1990's - since then I watch it every couple of years and enjoy the movie everytime even I know it by heart.
pointer165
It was not any influence of adults; the films were filled with amazing characters, each having an entire life of their own/ like they had waited & waited & waited for FELLINI to bring the cameras & just film us- I noticed that the crazy guy in the tree screaming" I want a woman!" Was repeated by Merchant/ Ivory in "ROOM WITH A VIEW"- don't know the significance- we never did it growing up- this is a great film- sit back & just enjoy
hearingisbelievingfilm
Nobody like Fellini. Connected to all levels of reality and dreams. Seemingly effortless filmmaking from the Maestro and his great team of actors & cinema artists. His vision never ages, only increases in meaning and true empathy for his fellow man. Sophocles nailed it - "Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man; the storm gray sea Yields to his prows, the huge crests bear him high; Earth, holy and inexhaustible, is graven With shining furrows where his plows have gone Year after year, the timeless labor of stallions... O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! O fate of man, working both good and evil! When the laws are kept, how proudly his city stands! When the laws are broken, what of his city then? Never may the anarchic man find rest at my hearth, Never be it said that my thoughts are his thoughts." "
Armand
I am not one of Fellini fans. his colors are to power, his style - not very seductive. a world of forever carnival, grotesque silhouettes, a creepy universe, after promising first part of work. but Amarcord is different. it is a testimony. not of its director early years but testimony of a society, small, childish, cruel. a town. and its people. desires, politic, humor,fake adventures,a teenager and an advocate as guides in the womb of facts and impressions.a film about basic things. with nostalgic flavor of past, with aura of a lost age. it is a Fellini. but, in same measure, it is more.a kind of song from ambiguous land. or only reflection of a trip in the secret parts of past.
