Fellini stages his own sexual fantasies, his dreams / nightmares in my first look into the renowned director, City of Women. He presents a passionate and articulated reflection on the man-woman relationship, in a realatively sociological way. Fellini brings up many ideas and ideals of equality concerning the feministic movement. But the film is not a one way sphere, it also show the other side of the spectrum, the view view point of a man/men. The most obvius, having a male protagonist as the voyeur's, which works as a potrait of a "typical masculine mind", and also as Fellini himself, he jounreys through the city of women. The film is targeted towards men in general, to confront their own attiude towards women. The film displays various perspective, with not necessarily forcing a specific opinion, but with major interest in femistic intent. By having women do masculine activities towards men, instead of the other way around, which can be proclaimed happends more often to women in this soceity. And by that getting the viewers empathy, etc.
This message is featured in a very skillfull and grandois way, by combining Fellinis characteristics of dreamlike, outrageous, and artistic imagery. Worth to note the containing comedy in the film, while not much, is fantastic.
The beginning of the movie is exciting and full of intruigues, later on, the movie takes a surreal turn and we are introduced to much bigger props of fantasy and a overflow of baroque inventiveness, thus shifting the shape of the film to a utopian world, the experience becomes dreamlike. Here is were I personally lose the tiniest bit of interest in the film, and where my hesitation of giving it a nine is, but very pleased with the end.
"Why did you decide to explore a world that does not belong to you, that you cannot know?", They ask him. "Because I love him and he attracts me",
This message is featured in a very skillfull and grandois way, by combining Fellinis characteristics of dreamlike, outrageous, and artistic imagery. Worth to note the containing comedy in the film, while not much, is fantastic.
The beginning of the movie is exciting and full of intruigues, later on, the movie takes a surreal turn and we are introduced to much bigger props of fantasy and a overflow of baroque inventiveness, thus shifting the shape of the film to a utopian world, the experience becomes dreamlike. Here is were I personally lose the tiniest bit of interest in the film, and where my hesitation of giving it a nine is, but very pleased with the end.
"Why did you decide to explore a world that does not belong to you, that you cannot know?", They ask him. "Because I love him and he attracts me",