ECON 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amarcord, Italian Literature, Human Male Sexuality
22 May 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
Amarcord
Film could be appreciated by a wide audience
Fascism
italian literature and cinema took a long time to acknowledge fascism, creating a new
Italy.Idea of moving on.
Has to confront fascism indirectly through nostalgia
Is nostalgia justified or not?
A nostalgia for something that never was, nostalgia for a future that never was, that
never materialized
We can only begin to imagine it by rethinking the past.
Follows a chronological pattern, looks at society in a rather systematic way
School, the family, the church, the party
Manine are carried by the wind, the sound of the wind is very prominent
They look like snow, emphasize the transitional period. It seems that winter leaves with
a phenomenon that is paradoxical.
An image that harkens back to snow
Human life awakens with the manine, very playful and childish around the puff balls
Sexuality in a sense of an embodied presence in this world
Prescence of the body is central, allusion to intimacy and sexuality
The opening is nostalgic
Not about nostalgic of a place
Film that elicits a commentary, the images that we see need to be supplemented by a
more critical eye
Sinister burning of the witch, begins to look like a human skeleton
People holding hands around the fire,all the characters we will see in the film. Like in 8
1/2 , dancing around where a human figure has been burned. This is not a positive idea
of containment.
Witch Burning Scene
Burning of the witch, burning of a feminine figure
She feels the spring in her, wearing read, sexualized figure, she represents life in
contrast with the witch that is dry old and lifeless
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Document Summary
Film could be appreciated by a wide audience. Fascism italian literature and cinema took a long time to acknowledge fascism, creating a new. A nostalgia for something that never was, nostalgia for a future that never was, that never materialized. We can only begin to imagine it by rethinking the past. Follows a chronological pattern, looks at society in a rather systematic way. Manine are carried by the wind, the sound of the wind is very prominent. They look like snow, emphasize the transitional period. It seems that winter leaves with a phenomenon that is paradoxical. Human life awakens with the manine, very playful and childish around the puff balls. Sexuality in a sense of an embodied presence in this world. Prescence of the body is central, allusion to intimacy and sexuality. Film that elicits a commentary, the images that we see need to be supplemented by a more critical eye.
