Synopsis: In this dream-sequence film, renowned Italian director Federico Fellini expounds at length on the nature, complexities, attitudes, and hang-ups of women and how this all relates to men "hunting" sexual conquests. Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) is traveling in a compartment on a train when he lapses into sleep and dreams the ensuing story. He follows a woman off the train and through a field and then loses her. Soon, as a representative of the male sex in general he finds himself in a hotel, among myriad women attending a feminist conference. Surreal episodes take him through a villa with his alter-ego Dr. Katzone (Ettore Manni, who died during filming) and references to his sexual exploits. Reunited with his former wife for a moment, he starts another sequence which reviews his past.
Reviews:
Roger Ebert |
Old School Reviews |
Spirituality & Practice |
allmovie |
Rotten Tomatoes |
IMDb (external reviews)| Quote: |
Is CITY OF WOMEN worth seeing? Yes, probably, even though it is not a successful movie and certainly not up to Fellini's best work. It's worth seeing because it's a bedazzling collection of images, because at times it's a graceful and fluid celebration of pure filmmaking skill, and because Fellini can certainly make a bad film but cannot quite make a boring one. -- Roger Ebert |
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Though I have always been interested in dreams, of all my films only City of Women was almost entirely a dream. Everything in the picture has a hidden subjective meaning, as in a dream, except the beginning and end, in which Snaporaz is awake in the railway coach. It's the nightmare aspect of Guido's dream in 8 ½. -- Federico Fellini |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080539/IMDb Rating: 7.0/10 (1,917 votes)
Tomatometer: 78%
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast:
Marcello Mastroianni .... Snaporaz
Anna Prucnal .... Elena
Bernice Stegers .... Woman on train
Donatella Damiani .... Feminist on Roller Skates
Jole Silvani .... Motorcyclist
Ettore Manni .... Dr. Xavier Zuberkock
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Title: La città delle donne (1980)
AKA City of Women
Source: DVD / PAL / Dall'Angelo Pictures
Size: 2.345.686.515 bytes (1/2 DVDR)
Runtime: 02:13:43
Format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.1416)
Video Bitrate: 2145 kbps
Resolution: 696x548 (Anamorphic, displayed at 1.847 AR)
Aspect Ratio: 1.847 (SAR: 16/11)
Frame rate: 25 fps
Audio Codec: AC3 (2 channels)
Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps
Sampling Rate: 48 KHz
Language: Italian
Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: English
SA: HP @ Level 4.1
Notes: thanks to talpaleone @ TiK
for the english subs! |
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