Ginger and Fred

Name: Ginger and Fred
Brand: Dream Books Co.
SKU: DBV.B000JYW5AU.G
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Amazon.com In 1986, Federico Fellini's satiric take on television vulgarianism might have been considered, well, Fellini-esque. Today, the grotesque commercials and insipid game shows he depicts pale next to reality. Billed in their heyday as Ginger & Fred, Ameilia (Giulietta Masina) and Pippo (Marcello Mastroianni) are reunited after 30 years to perform their Rogers-Astaire ballroom dance tribute act on We Are Proud to Present, a television variety show. Amelia is now a widowed grandmother. Pippo has gone somewhat to seed. Can they recapture the magic amidst this surreal circus of transvestites, midgets, and a Ronald Reagan impersonator? Ginger & Fred works best when Amelia and Pippo's bittersweet reunion is center stage, thanks to the impeccable charm and grace of Masina (La Strada) and the incomparable Mastroianni (La Dolce Vita), two actors most closely associated with the director. Ginger & Fred is as much a tribute to artists ("benefactors of humanity," someone notes at one point) as it is to the ephemeral state of cinema itself. "We are phantoms," Pippo tells his partner. "We arise from the darkness and disappear again." Like Pippo, Fellini makes a few missteps, but Ginger & Fred is ultimately quite moving ("Bravo," a fan congratulates Amelia. "You made me cry."), with an unforgettable train station finale. Fellini made only two more films, but Ginger & Fred would have made a fitting swan song. --Donald Liebenson Product Description The legendary Federico Fellini, Oscar®-nominated 12 times for such films as "La Dolce Vita" and "8-1/2," skewers society in general and TV in particular with this nostalgic tribute to the past that won a Golden Globe® as Best Foreign Language Film. Starring Giulietta Masina (Mrs. Fellini) and frequent Fellini leading man Marcello Mastroianni, the film tells the story of two retired performers, Amelia and Pippo, who once wowed crowds with their dance recreations of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and are now reuniting for a nationwide TV special. The New York Times' Vincent Canby said the movie "ranks with the best work Mr. Fellini has ever done." In Italian with English subtitles.
ASIN: B000JYW5AU
VSKU: DBV.B000JYW5AU.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Giulietta Masina|Marcello Mastroianni|Franco Fabrizi|Friedrich von Ledebur|Augusto Poderosi|Martin Maria Blau|Jacques Henri Lartigue|Tot Mignone|Ezio Marano|Antoine Saint-John|Friedrich von Thun|Antonio Iuorio|Barbara Scoppa|Elisabetta Flumeri|Salvatore Billa|Ginestra Spinola|Stefania Marini|Francesco Casale|Gianfranco Alpestre|Filippo Ascione (II)|Elena Cantarone|Cosima Chiusoli|Claudio Ciocca|Sergio Ciulli|Roberto De Sandro|Vittorio De Bisogno|Fabrizio Fontana|Laurentina Guidotti|Giorgio Iovine|Danika La Loggia|Isabelle Therese La Porte|Luigi Leoni|Luciano Lombardo|Mariele Loreley|Elena Magoia|Franco Marino|Mauro Misul|Jurgen Morhofer|Pippo Negri|Antonietta Patriarca|Nando Pucci Negri|Luigi Rossi|Franco Trevisi|Patti Vailati|Narciso Vicario|Hermann Weisskopf|Gabriella Di Luzio|Claudio Botosso|Mario Conocchia|Federica Paccosi|Moana Pozzi|Pino Ammendola|Leonardo Petrillo|Daniele Aldrovandi|Alessandro Partexano|Ennio Antonelli|Barbara Montanari|Marcia Sedoc|Eva Ravnbl|Eolo Capritti|Federico Fellini
Binding: Dvd

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