Today was a good day. Productivity coulda been better but I did get a lot in for waking up after noon and not really getting started til two. Nice workout, followed by a classic Italian double feature. The highlight was definitely Fellini's super short feature, THE TEMPTATION OF DR. ANTONIO. A movie i'd never even heard of from one of my hands down favorite filmmakers? Couldn't miss this on it's last day of exhibition at NY's Film Forum.
Mamma Mia
Ah, what do you know, the reason i'd never heard of it is because it was part of a tetraptych titled BOCCACCIO '70 along with other less than hour long films from De Sica, Monicelli and Visconti, all massive legends of Italian cinema. The film, starring Anita Ekberg, had to be an easy enough follow up to LA DOLCE VITA, his previous classic that also costarred the voluptuous star galavanting through Rome at night. Fellini had some fixations alright, i'll leave it at that. Such an amazing, colorful, funny, whimsical filmmaker. If you have no idea who the F i'm talking about, I highly recommend you remedy that. It's hard to believe nowadays, but once upon a time Italy had one of the most interesting and fruitful film industries the world over.
Alright, I have a shot of getting to sleep at least an hour earlier than the last few nights. Gotta wake up bright and early-ish to try and nab Louis CK tix at 10AM.
Goodnight and have a pleasant today.
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