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This film and 'The White Sheik'


Hi!

No one mentioned this... I found many similarities between this film and "The White Sheik".

Given the artistic influence that Fellini had on Woody Allen, don't you think this is a real possibility? It certainly wouldn't be the only time!

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No it wouldn't, bga18. In fact, the ending of the movie is creepily similar to Nights of Cabiria.

On top of that, I kept telling myself while watching the movie that Mia Farrow's performance seems an awful lot like Giulietta Masina. Ironically, Masina would play a character based on Ginger Rogers just a few years later. Strange parallels indeed...

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Yes it is. . . I instantly thought of Nights of cabiria. . . both women have the same ending. . . abandoned and deceived, their future uncertain . . just like in real life.


.;*We Live Inside A Dream*;.

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