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With Variety Lights, we see the beginnings of Fellini’s fascination with carnivalesque characters and poor, down-on-their-luck people, which have become a signature mainstay in Fellini movies like Nights of Cabiria, La Strada, and La Dolce Vita.
Variety Lights. Made in collaboration with Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini’s directorial debut unfolds amid the colorful backdrop of a traveling vaudeville troupe whose quixotic impresario (Peppino De Filippo) is tempted away from his faithful mistress (Giulietta Masina) by the charms of an ambitious young dancer (Carla Del Poggio).
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A beautiful ingenue joins a tawdry music hall troupe and quickly becomes its feature attraction in Federico Fellini’s stunning debut film (directed in collaboration with neorealist filmmaker Alberto Lattuada). Featuring Giulietta Masina, Fellini’s wife and frequent leading lady, Variety Lights introduces the director’s affection for the carnivalesq...
The Criterion Collection presents Variety Lightsin its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-layer DVD. It’s unfortunately an interlaced transfer and this presents a lot problems. Jagged edges, shimmering, ghosting, and more are all present because of this. The transfer is also fairly fuzzy, lacking any real definition. Contrast looks a li...
The Italian Dolby Digital mono track doesn’t inspire, either. It presents a rather flat, somewhat rough track. Dialogue and music can sound a little edgy and there is some background noise. Mediocre in its own right.
The release is also supplements free, presenting absolutely nothing on the disc. An insert includes a bland essay by film critic Andrew Sarris that simply gives a plot rundown and how this film fits into Fellini’s filmography (it was his first film though he was co-director to Alberto Lattuda.) Considering the rest of the releases qualities I can’t...
What gets me about this title is that it may be the most mediocre DVD Criterion has released. It’s not awful enough to stand out as one of their worst, but it’s not even an okay release. It’s just a bland, almost unnecessary release. Its transfer is pretty bland (being interlaced doesn’t help matters) and there’s nothing in the way of supplements. ...
With Variety Lights, we see the beginnings of Fellini’s fascination with carnivalesque characters and poor, down-on-their-luck people, which have become a signature mainstay in Fellini movies like Nights of Cabiria, La Strada, and La Dolce Vita.
This feature-length 2002 documentary by Damian Pettigrew’s tracks the life and career of director Federico Fellini through his often contradictory statements. As Fellini said in the quote that gives the documentary its title: “I’m a born liar. For me, the things that are the most real are the one...
Variety Lights (Italian: Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina.
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Jan 12, 2023 · Fellini, Federico. Sceicco bianco. English. 1971 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA40812902 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-921 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
