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Date Posted: 2/12 4:34pm Subject: RE: Rate the last movie you saw? Date Edited: 2/12 4:34pm (1 edits total) Edited By: tigris2828 rrpower posted: Nights of Cabiria 8/2 (boards.ign.com....5960/p291/)

Masina won a Silver Ribbon (Italy's major film award) for best supporting actress for her first important movie role, that of a prostitute in Alberto Lattuada 's Senza pietà (1948; Without Pity ), coscripted by Fellini. She then played roles in several other Italian films before Fellini cast her in his first solo directorial effort, Lo sceicco bianco (1952; The White Sheik ). In the minor role of the good-hearted prostitute Cabiria , Masina revealed her gift for pantomime and the charm and naïveté that would serve as the springboard for more fully realized characters in later Fellini films. With La Strada (1954; The Road ), both Fellini and Masina achieved international success. As the childlike Gelsomina, the virtual chattel of a cruel circus performer, Masina relied on her remarkably expressive face and body to convey a range of emotions from sorrow and pathos to happiness and love, prompting many critics to describe her as a female Charlie Chaplin . She received similar praise for Le notti di Cabiria (1957; The Nights of Cabiria ), in which Fellini and Masina revisited and amplified the character of Cabiria ; Masina's eloquent portrayal of the sentimental, gullible, and naively optimistic prostitute earned her the best-actress award at the Cannes Film Festiva (www.britannica.com....le-9106434)

&Cabiria & is the pinnacle of the early Italian spectacle, which helpedpush cinema into the age of feature-length pictures . Apparently, thefilm cost some $210,000 to make and reportedly was financiallysuccessful, although due to the war not as successful as was &QuoVadis?& (1912). It had a direct influence on D.W. Griffith&s productionof &Intolerance .& According to Griffith biographer Richard Schickel ,Griffith insisted on including large elephant statues in the courtyardsetting, even though his researchers could find no evidence thatpachyderms were ever a significant part of Babylonian iconography,because Pastrone used them in &Cabiria . (us.imdb.com/title/tt0003740/)

Forget gender: The most heartstopping wallop in movies - for men, for women, for human beings clinging to the planet - may be this Federico Fellini film's final scene. Cabiria Giulietta Masina has gathered the earnings from her life as a Roman prostitute, sold her home, parted from her dearest friend, and placed one big bet on happiness with a man she has allowed herself, against all odds and every object lesson life has ever taught her, to trust. And in the eerie glow of sunset , in a grove on a cliff overlooking the sea, she's lost her bet. Later that evening, utterly shattered , she drags herself up off the ground and makes her way out of the woods. As she walks listlessly along, a party of young people - laughing, making music, dancing - catches up to and casually envelops her. One girl favors her with a gravely sweet "Buona sera." Cabiria nods . or it may just be that her head dips with the motion of walking. She looks about her. The music swells. There is just the hint - she can't suppress her nature - of a reflexive smil (movies.msn.com....ews=222503)

There is also a delightful cameo appearance by Fellini's wife Giuliette Masini, who makes her first on-screen appearance as Cabiria , the prostitute with a heart of gold whose compassion gets diluted when she comes across a man who can breathe fire. (Fellini resurrected the character in 1957 for the heartbreaking Nights of Cabiria (worldfilm.about.com....050603.htm)

Wife of Federico Fellini , she appeared in many of his films, including Juliet of the Spirits (1965), La Strada , and Nights of Cabiria (1956). Died: 3/23/1994 (www.infoplease.com....54736.html)

Nights of Cabiria is one of those timeless old films that will always remainpoignant and relevant. It carries that old innocent cinematic charm of anera that can never be duplicated (us.imdb.com....3/combined)

Jonathan Cabiria specializes in the field of positive psychology and talks about how participation in virtual worlds affect real life . His focus is on marginalized people, people who don't feel they belong. What do they do? They either rebel or hyperidentify themselves (tattoos, aggressivity, etc) or become depressed, close in. And this suppression of their identity has psychological effects. He studied relationships in virtual environments such as Second Life . What happened to a large number of these people: they did a complete turnaround, by being in the virtual worlds they were able to bring out these facets of their identities that had been repressed , and explore then in a safe harbor, an environment that allowed them to do so. They became stronger , their self-esteem got higher , they felt that they belonged, found a community of peers, and - what Cabiria didn't anticipate - this transferred out into real life . So we're looking at a strange juxtaposition between virtual world and real worl (giussani.typepad.com/)

"It's got all the typical Fellini pageantry, but Giulietta Masina 's performance as Cabiria gives this film its monumental power. . Movie stars inspire sometimes scary levels of affection, and usually it seems odd to me; but I find it impossible not to go head over heels for that tiny powerhouse playing Cabiria . (eddieonfilm.blogspot.com....chive.html)

I love the scene at the religious shrine of Divina Amore, whereeveryone comes to vociferate their desired favors, and Cabiria pleadsto be released from her life as a streetwalker, and the old lame manfalls at the foot of the altar, unhealed. The intensity of thebuild-up, the virtuosic camera work, the faces of the pious, are allbreathtaking (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

I love the famed scene in the sleazy theatre where Cabiria , at thehands of an unscrupulous hypnotist, relives a tender and poignant scenefrom her youth in front of a crowd of louts (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

I love Cabiria &s friend Wanda (Franca Marzi), whom she loves dearly.She is a million times less vulnerable that our heroine and takesCabiria&s rants with gracious generosity (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

I love the scene of that night Cabiria spends in the luxurious villa ofa movie star (Amedeo Nazzari.) She is totally out of her element,doesn&t recognize lobster, cuddles a cute puppy as fragile as she is,butts her head against unseen door (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

The film takes us back to another, more innocent era. We are shown aprostitute with a heart of gold who is always cheated by most of themen who comes in contact with her. Cabiria is never resentful, orbitter at the hand life throws her way (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

Franca Marzi, who plays Cabiria 's best friend , is also excellent.Amadeo Nazzari is perfect portraying the matinée idol, Alberto Lazzari.This was one of his best appearances in a distinguished career in theItalian cinema. The rest of the cast is wonderful. (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

Cabiria has been a prostitute since her youngest days she recollectsentering the streets at 15 with `long, dark hair', unaware of what she wasgetting into. As we learn in the opening scene, she has been consistentlytaken advantage of by men, yet attempts to walk a fine line between clingingto them in a search for true happiness and remaining ever independent andself-sufficient. As soon as the film opens, she is robbed by her pimp, andlater spends the night with a self-consumed wealthy director. However, thedirector throws her in the closet as soon as his girlfriend arrives and inthe morning quickly escorts a sad Cabiria out of the house, with all herhopes crushed. During the film Cabiria is frequently enticed by the promiseof a new life in her encounters, yet consistently meets impending doom. (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

Pierre Bellanger, founding CEO of the popular French social media platform Skyrock , shared his vision on trends in social networking, followed by academic Jonathan Cabiria , who explained how virtual worlds like Second Life can help marginalized people to regain self-esteem and hope. (www.m-trends.org....uncements/)

The ending seems to have been subsequently used after for other filmslike Nights of Cabiria (and the subsequent Sweet Charity in itsambiguity and lack of closure (us.imdb.com....ercomments)

Pierre Bellanger, founding CEO of the popular French social media platform Skyrock , shared his vision on trends in social networking, followed by academic Jonathan Cabiria , who explained how virtual worlds like Second Life can help marginalized people to regain self-esteem and hop (www.m-trends.org....ial-media/)

Pierre Bellanger, founding CEO of the popular French social media platform Skyrock , shared his vision on trends in social networking, followed by academic Jonathan Cabiria , who explained how virtual worlds like Second Life can help marginalized people to regain self-esteem and hope (feeds.feedburner.com/mtrends)

So the film's treatment of Checco is a product of its time and place. Sometimes the filmmakers seem to be aware of this, and sometimes they aren't. It's not a keenly observed character study, and it's not Nights of Cabiria . But Variety Lights mostly gets by on likeability and low-rent charm. A lot like Checco. Or Italy. (criterioncollec....gspot.com/)

But what I didn57;t know is that Sweet Charity is just not a very good show. The source material, Fellini57;s Nights of Cabiria starring the incomparable Giulietta Masina , is so good that even a wan copy could still pack some punch. Well, not in Neil Simon57;s surprisingly weak and unfunny adaptation (www.ibabuzz.com....e/2006/09/)