City of Women
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Donatella Damiani, Jole Silvani, Marcello Mastroianni DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: Italian (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 139 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-04-17 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: New Yorker Video |
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Movie Reviews of City of Women
Movie Review: Not Fellini's best, but not his worst
Summary: 4 Stars
First, I have to say that I am a fan of late-period Fellini. If you prefer his earlier work (pre-Juliet of the Spirits), you may not like his later, more indulgent work.City of Women is about women, specifically feminists. Women were always one of Fellini's favorite topics, and this film is his attempt to understand the various (often contradictory) aspects of the feminist movement (or movements). As such it's rambling, with no real center or plot to speak of. Marcello Mastroianni (Fellini's favorite alter-ego) plays womanizer Snaporaz, who, upon following a woman off of a train, winds up in the midst of a kind of feminist convention. After roller-skating down some stairs and bumming a ride with a nymphomaniac and some junkies young enough to be his granddaughters, he winds up in a kind of temple to womanizing. It's a strange film.
This film doesn't approach the experimental or lyrical depths of its successor, And The Ship Sails On, but in my opinion it's superior to its predecessor, Orchestra Rehearsal.
The DVD has a decent transfer and a few extras: a brief interview with Fellini (always a treat) and a featurette containing interviews with some Fellini associates and scholars. A decent DVD of a decent film.