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La Strada
a.k.a. The Road Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Al Silvani

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  • DVD Release Date: 11/18/2003
  • Original Release: 1954
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 7,591

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New digital transfer, with restored image and sound; Video introduction by Martin Scorsese; Audio commentary by Peter Bondanella, author of Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present and The Cinema of Federico Fellini; Federico Fellini's Autobiography, a documentary made for Italian television by Paquito del Bosco; Optional English-dubbed soundtrack featuring the voices of Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart; New essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; Theatrical trailer for the English version; New and improved English subtitle translation; Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

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Side #1 -- La Strada
1. Logos/Opening Credits [2:28]
2. Ten Thousand Lire [4:18]
3. The Strongman [1:14]
4. Tools of the Trade [4:17]
5. Di Constanzo, Gelsomina [2:05]
6. Farce [2:30]
7. Lamb and Veal [5:16]
8. Waiting [4:02]
9. Tomatoes [2:10]
10. The Wedding Party [5:33]
11. Deeee-Dee-Dee-De-Deee [3:59]
12. Processions [3:17]
13. A Hundred and Twenty-Five Feet in the Air [2:34]
14. "Get In!" [2:28]
15. Roman Circus [3:28]
16. Circo Giraffa [5:48]
17. "A Very Sad Song" [5:45]
18. The Pebble [9:18]
19. The Jail [4:15]
20. The Convent [3:59]
21. "Do You Like Me a Little?" [4:54]
22. Flat Tire, Broken Watch [4:38]
23. "The Fool Is Hurt" [3:27]
24. "It's Cold" [6:27]
25. Circo Medini [5:05]
26. Zampanò's Song [5:00]
1. Introduction [2:28]
2. The Cast [4:18]
3. Zampanò's Carnival Act [1:14]
4. Gelsomina's Training [4:17]
5. Sexual Aggression [2:05]
6. Bad Puns and Animals [2:30]
7. Neorealism and Its Discontents [5:16]
8. Fellini's Aesthetic Goals [4:02]
9. Gelsomina Starts to Care [2:10]
10. "Everybody Likes Sweets" [5:33]
11. Gelsomina's Song [3:59]
12. Religious Symbolism [3:17]
13. Il Matto, or, the Fool [2:34]
14. Drunk? [2:28]
15. Rosa [3:28]
16. The Fool Is Too Quick [5:48]
17. The Love-Hate Triangle [5:45]
18. The Parable of the Pebble [9:18]
19. Housing Projects [4:15]
20. Catholicism [3:59]
21. Fellini's Women [4:54]
22. The Confrontation [4:38]
23. "The Fool Is Hurt" [3:27]
24. Thaw [6:27]
25. La Strada's Structure [5:05]
26. Zampanò's Song [5:00]
Side #2 -- Federico Fellini's Autobiography: Clips From His Life
1. A Journey [8:23]
2. Via Veneto [2:10]
3. Fellini at Work [3:16]
4. At the Station [3:11]
5. Awards and Festivals [12:02]
6. Juliet of the Spirits [7:49]
7. G. Mastorna, Satyricon [4:10]
8. Fellini and Bergman [2:22]
9. Venice [:55]
10. Sundays [4:18]
11. Rimini [6:33]

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Editorial Reviews

Acclaimed Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini drew on his own circus background for the 1954 classic La Strada. Set in a seedy travelling carnival, this symbolism-laden drama revolves around brutish strongman Zampano (Anthony Quinn), his simple and servile girlfriend Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's wife), and clown/aerialist Matto (Richard Basehart). Appalled at Zampano's insensitive treatment of Gelsomina, the gentle-natured Matto invites her to run off with him; but Gelsomina, like a faithful pet, refuses to leave the strong man's side. Eventually Zampano's volcanic temper erupts once too often, leading to tragic consequences. Written by Fellini and Tullio Pinelli and scored by Nino Rota, La Strada was the winner of the first official Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, awarded in 1956. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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June 16, 2004: Stark, brutal, sad, cruel, hopeless and depressing, and there isn't a thing you can do about it except watch this tragedy play out. Anthony Quinn cruelty seems almost too real. You become his victim, too.

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November 12, 2003: The bruttishness of Zampano in this film has impacted and haunted me for many years. Gelsomina's simple mindedness at times has shocked me because of her tragic end and how Zampano, at least I like to think so, suddenly realizes how he did love her and now has lost her and there is nothing he can do about it. The backdrop of Italy and the sense of the life struggle of poverty to simply survive is so touching the way it is portrayed in this film. Also, the sad main melody theme is one I've played on the piano many times over the years.