Title: if on a winter's night a traveler....
Product review: Italo Calvino's book title is the perfect caption for this film. Dostoyevsky's short story is beautifully adapted to Italy. The stage set and framing of shots enhance this exploration of fantasy versus reality. This movie also includes one of the best dance sequences I have ever seen, rivalling La Dolce Vita's dance and stripteaseLa Dolce Vita (Deluxe Collector's Edition)and Riso Amaro's boogie-woogieBitter Rice [VHS]. Ah, Marcello Mastroianni's face! ~ the perfect depiction of the disaffected. Maria Schell blooms with innocence. The film begins and ends with loneliness ~ the question remains if transformation and happiness are even possible or lasting within this vision of reality.
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