Tag Archives: 1969

Fellini Satyricon

Federico Fellini (1969) The following meme captures my initial reaction to Satyricon reasonably well. It would be unfair to say there is no plot to the movie, but it certainly isn’t its focus. Fellini Satyricon functions as a series of tableaus with different settings and characters each time. We don’t transition from one to another […]

Ma Nuit Chez Maud

Erich Rohmer (1969) This is the Frenchest movie I have watched in a long while. Forget the fact that it takes place in France and that all the characters are French ; that’s trivial. The frenchfulness comes from what the characters say and do which is constantly so very Gallic. The term «bourgeois» is used […]