Directed by Federico Fellini| Italy | 137 mins
Part of our Phantasmagoria Series.
Federico Fellini at his frothiest, Juliet of the Spirits was not only the Italian maestro’s first film in colour, it was his first after his well-publicized personal experiment with LSD. To the tune of Nino Rota’s acid cocktail lounge score, a spiritual guru reveals a scandalous truth to housewife Giulietta (the ever charismatic Giulietta Masina), plunging her into a cacophony of spiritual encounters. Swirling with circus-like phantasms, Giulietta’s world is floridly visualized by Fellini (with the help of Phero Ghirardi’s sugary sets, and Gianni de Vincenzo’s eye popping cinematography) to the hilt of psychedelic expressiveness.
- Written by Scott Lang.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.