Isn't it a great a great movie?

Simply a masterpiece, Stefania Sandrelli fantastic!


I'm Winston Wolf, I solve problems

And no dream is ever... just a dream...

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but i don´t know i think the end has came a litte forced

I agree with you. Even though the ending was foreshadowed it seemed tacked on to me. It's interesting that this movie was co-written by Ettore Scola - he also wrote the screenplay for Il Sorpasso which is a masterpiece but the ending in that movie also felt somewhat forced.

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1) Pop music is overused and horrid. Not only are the songs grating, but they do not inform the movie. They diminish Adriana, making her seem to be a bimbo constantly distracted by vapid pop. The source music is dated and feels forced, as if director Pietrangeli was trying too hard to be au courant, trying to use it as some kind of commentary on "modern times."

I disagree.

I liked the way the music was used, in most cases if a song was playing then it was also being heard by the character.. She was really into pop music and dancing, those are the times in the movie when she is happiest.

You could call her a bimbo, but I thought of her as a simple country girl who dreamed of being a star.

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Oh, you couldn't be any more wrong.

1. As was said, her listening to the pop music was Adriana's clinging moments of self and her at her happiest. It's not just putting pop music for the sake of music, it's diegetic, Adriana can hear it, and that means there's a reason why she continuously needs to listen to her music.

2. Stefania never said she didn't like the ending. She understood why the ending had to be. She said she didn't believe Adriana would jump, but did because it ends the movie. This is why this film fits into the New Wave era, because of the self-aware nature, but Adriana wouldn't really kill herself because there's lots of people out there in her position, even today, but since this kind of story doesn't actually end, Adriana ends the film for us.

This movie is an underrated masterpiece in my opinion. Similar to La Dolce Vita but on a smaller budget, but it's different world view and attitude to life makes it unique, scenes are memorable and vibrant, and scenes have well thought out, underlining messages and dramatics. I dig it.

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