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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Amarcord (1973), a series of comic vignettes set in a cartoonish, farcical version of 1930s Italy, in a sleepy seaside town at the height of the Fascist regime. A whole bunch of strange characters and sometimes-fantastical scenarios occur. The director is the maestro himself, Federico Fellini, one of the most renowned Italian filmmakers of all time, responsible for classics such as 8 1/2 (1963), La Strada (1954), and La Dolce Vita (1960). Surprisingly, this will be the first time we’ve watched any of his work. This is supposed to be one of his best, so it seems like a good place to start.

After that is Aftersun (2022), the debut feature of British director Charlotte Wells, who is not known for anything else yet. A father takes his daughter on vacation to Turkey and they do a bunch of fun vacation-y stuff. But wait, could dad be hiding some inner torment behind his outward cheer? Twenty years later, the daughter reminisces on her relationship with her father and realizes what she did not as a child. A simple plot, but one that has garnered widespread critical acclaim; it is currently ranked #221 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Let’s give it a whirl.

BONUS! We will also watch Maya Deren’s 14-minute dreamscape Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), one of the most acclaimed short films of all time, and a landmark in avant-garde cinema. Major influence on David Lynch and about a million other directors.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Amarcord: https://letterboxd.com/film/amarcord/
• Aftersun: https://letterboxd.com/film/aftersun/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Amarcord: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071129/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Aftersun: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/887247

CWs for Amarcord:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Nude child in a non-sexual context.
• Domestic violence.
• Fascism.
• Torture.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for Aftersun:

• Child abandonment.
• Death of parent.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Suicide attempt.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Crying baby.
• Shaky cam.
• Profanity.
• Obscene gestures.
• Flashing lights.
• Nudity.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Meshes of the Afternoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF9oAbOn2og
• Amarcord: https://tankie.tube/w/web1nEovb3NTzSV6Fx63Vr
• Aftersun: https://tankie.tube/w/dQaf5AkDuDM2X7jwPYrNuZ