Amarcord

Often when reminiscing on past memories, the stories are fragmented, jumping from year to year and season to season. Our memories are jumbled, confusing, and often more exaggerated than when we actually experienced them. Fellini perfectly replicates that feeling of nostalgia in 'Amarcord'. The film is broken into small vignettes full of colorful characters that sometimes connect, and often do not. These scenes range from laughably absurd to deeply saddening and seem to clearly be inspired by Fellini's very own life. 'Amarcord' was the film I was least enthusiastic to watch as I ventured into his filmography but it seems to be the one that has affected me the most. It is profoundly beautiful and incredibly difficult to describe, but I long to jump back into the lives of those living in this small oceanside town in Italy.