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Fellini Wednesdays! - Week 16 - City of Women

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Last quarter of the filmography! Fellini and Mastroianni reunite this week! Fellini was getting older at this point and he took the time to return to one of his most famous archetypes eith one of his muses to drive home the feminist themes of earlier films. The production design on this one is insane. There are entire art pieces and exhibits designed for moments within this film. The giant slide, the photo hallway, the performance art set-up, the mosaic, etc. The grandiosity of this one genuinelu impressed me, and this certainly has not been a filmography that has strayed from the grandiose. The film doesn't quite follow the vignette stylings of some of Fellini's most famous work, but it can be divided into a number of (large) segments. The feminist convention was my favorite wherein Fellini creates a militant feminist gathering taking to the logical conclusion that which people falsely assume feminism is. It's wonderful.…

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