Giulietta degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) (1965)

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• moon r

  
  "My wife thinks I'm cheating (and I am, I'm a great artist, I belong to everyone, how can anyone expect me to stay with only one, even my wife?) so I'll make a film, a great film ... it's about a wife who thinks her husband is cheating. Who do I get to play… More
  "My wife thinks I'm cheating (and I am, I'm a great artist, I belong to everyone, how can anyone expect me to stay with only one, even my wife?) so I'll make a film, a great film ... it's about a wife who thinks her husband is cheating. Who do I get to play the wife? My wife, of course. It's so twisted, so vain, they'll call it genius." It may not be true, but its what I thought watching this empty exercise in visual overstimulation: this is the lie a cheating husband tells his loyal spouse.

• Robert C

  
  Giulietta Masina is a delight to watch.

• Randy T

  
  Semi-autobiographical piece put forth by Fellini and his wife, Giulietta Masina. It's the story of Giulietta (Giulietta), the spouse of a wealthy socialite who is forced to come to terms with her fleeting youth and her husband's infidelity. True to his nature, Fellini… More
  Semi-autobiographical piece put forth by Fellini and his wife, Giulietta Masina. It's the story of Giulietta (Giulietta), the spouse of a wealthy socialite who is forced to come to terms with her fleeting youth and her husband's infidelity. True to his nature, Fellini uses an abundance of symbolism, abstract scripting and flamboyant characters to tell the story. For me, it's all a tad overwhelming. Maybe it's because this was his first color film, but there are so many extravagant visuals that it's hard to pay attention to the characters. I much prefer Fellini's earlier pictures where he cares about the story a little more and the scenery a little less.

• Lanning :

  
  It's hard to tell if the world we live in is either reality or a dream. -- <i> Bin-jip (3-Iron) </i><p> This line from <i>3-Iron</i> is very appropriate for describing Giulietta Masina's dilemma in <i>Juliet of the Spirits</i>. In… More
  It's hard to tell if the world we live in is either reality or a dream. -- <i> Bin-jip (3-Iron) </i><p> This line from <i>3-Iron</i> is very appropriate for describing Giulietta Masina's dilemma in <i>Juliet of the Spirits</i>. In her struggle to free herself from the life she lives, Masina has moments where she wonders about whether the people she sees are in fact real. In her struggle to transcend her current situation, she at times borders on a kind of descent into madness because of her inability to distinguish between the real and the imagined. <p> If you want to see Masina finally win one, this is the film for you. To loosely borrow from Stephanie in <i>Saturday Night Fever</i> when she attempts to label Tony's life, in <i>Juliet of the Spirits</i> Masina is a cliche; she's going nowhere. She manages, however, through the course of this story to turn her life around and escape from the trap, break out of the stale cliche her life has become. <p> I've said it before and I'll say it again: Masina has an amazingly expressive face. Beautiful. <p>Having used the word "cliche," I want to make it clear that Fellini's films are anything but cliches. He is a master of keeping his audience on their toes. Every transition to a new scene is a mystery; you never can guess where he's going next. And apparently, that's the way he made his movies: each is a kind of impromptu dance.

• Tom S

  
  Giulietta really had exquisite hats.