p.s. it’s the first time i watched this movie, and yes i can say this is like a feminist verse sequel of Fellini’s 8½
honestly i can say City of Women isn’t just a movie, but it’s a surreal, sensual, and deeply introspective journey about men, women, and the blurry line between fantasy and fear. Fellini once again builds a dreamlike world that’s eccentric, dazzling, and oddly human with a world full of desire, confusion, and self-reflection
this movie follows Snaporaz (played by Marcello Mastroianni) aka Fellini’s alter ego who finds himself lost in a world almost entirely inhabited by women. from the train ride to that bizarre hotel full of radical feminists, everything feels like a fever dream. a wild mix of erotic fantasy and male anxiety
well sometimes it’s funny, sometimes awkward, but underneath all the chaos lies a genuine curiosity about gender, identity, and modernity
and for visually? OMG it’s pure madness in the best possible way. the colors, the sets, the theatrical movement, everything screams Fellini’s signature extravagance. the world he creates feels both impossible and painfully real!
there’s nostalgia running through every frame, but also this underlying unease. it’s as if Fellini is laughing at himself while quietly asking, “what does it mean to be a man in a world run by women?”
Mastroianni delivers an incredible performance. he’s charming yet fragile, lost yet strangely self-aware. he’s not a hero, not even a villain, he’s just a man caught in his own bewildered thoughts
i love how this movie feels like a dream that never wants to end. it’s exhausting, confusing, and mesmerizing all at once.
for me, it’s not an easy movie but that’s exactly what makes it so fascinating 🤩💙
p.s. it’s the first time i watched this movie, and yes i can say this is like a feminist verse sequel of Fellini’s 8½
honestly i can say City of Women isn’t just a movie, but it’s a surreal, sensual, and deeply introspective journey about men, women, and the blurry line between fantasy and fear. Fellini once again builds a dreamlike world that’s eccentric, dazzling, and oddly human with a world full of desire, confusion, and self-reflection
this movie follows Snaporaz (played by Marcello Mastroianni) aka Fellini’s alter ego who finds himself lost in a world almost entirely inhabited by women. from the train ride to that bizarre hotel full of radical feminists, everything feels like a fever dream. a wild mix of erotic fantasy and male anxiety
well sometimes it’s funny, sometimes awkward, but underneath all the chaos lies a genuine curiosity about gender, identity, and modernity
and for visually? OMG it’s pure madness in the best possible way. the colors, the sets, the theatrical movement, everything screams Fellini’s signature extravagance. the world he creates feels both impossible and painfully real!
there’s nostalgia running through every frame, but also this underlying unease. it’s as if Fellini is laughing at himself while quietly asking, “what does it mean to be a man in a world run by women?”
Mastroianni delivers an incredible performance. he’s charming yet fragile, lost yet strangely self-aware. he’s not a hero, not even a villain, he’s just a man caught in his own bewildered thoughts
i love how this movie feels like a dream that never wants to end. it’s exhausting, confusing, and mesmerizing all at once.
for me, it’s not an easy movie but that’s exactly what makes it so fascinating 🤩💙