DVD: Juliet of the Spirits - 1965 Italian Fantasy Comedy Drama, Women’s Strength

Description: Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert. The film is about the visions, memories, and mysticism that help a middle-aged woman find the strength to leave her philandering husband. The film uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape". It was Fellini's first feature-length color film, but followed his use of color in "The Temptation of Doctor Antonio" episode in the portmanteau film, Boccaccio '70 (1962). The film was shown in competition at the 26th Venice International Film Festival; and received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Set Decoration. It won the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Giulietta Masina won a David di Donatello for her performance. Woody Allen loosely remade it with his 1990 film Alice. Story revolves around Giulietta Boldrini, an upper-class housewife, who attempts to deal with her mundane life and philandering, oppressive husband, Giorgio, by exploring the odd lifestyle of a glamorous neighbour, Suzy, and through dreams, visions and fantasies. As she taps into her desires (and her demons) she slowly gains greater self-awareness, leading to independence, although, according to Masina (Fellini's wife), the ending's meaning is debatable. REAR COVER A delightful, visually inventive fantasy awash with colour, surrealism and eroticism, Fellini's technicolour tour de force is the legendary Italian director's first full colour feature film. Starring Giulietta Masina, Fellini's real-life wife, Juliet of the Spirits is the story of a bored Italian housewife who seeks relief . from the mundane - and her cheating husband (Mario Pisu) - through sensual escapades in the spirit realm. After a trip to a séance, Juliet gets closer to her subconscious desires and is encouraged by neighbour Suzy (Sandra Milo), a hedonistic pleasure-seeker living in a sensual playhouse, to embrace her sexual freedom.

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