Episode 202: Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

Special Guest: John Baxter
Guest Co-Host: Jim Tushinski

We delve into Fellini territory again with a discussion of Juliet of the Spirits. This 1965 film was Federico Fellini’s first foray into the wonderful world of color film. The film is something of a flip side of one of Fellini’s most popular films, 8½. It stars Fellini’s wife, Giulietta Masina, as the titular character, a woman who’s at her wit’s ends when she finds that her husband is cheating on her. The film is something of a journey of self-discovery as Juliet works to unburden herself of her past.

Links:
Buy Juliet of the Spirit on DVD
Buy Fellini by John Baxter
Listen to our Satyricon episode

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Music:
"Juliet of the Spirits" - The B-52s
"Giulietta degli Spiriti" - Nino Rota

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Episode 180: Fellini Satyricon (1969)

Special Guest: John Baxter
Guest Co-Host: Jim Tushinski

Roman Month continues with the 1969 film, Fellini Satyricon. Based loosely on the remaining fragments of Petronius's voluminous work, the film is a series of vignettes about Encolpio (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascilto (Hiram Keller). The film mixes sex, philosophy, and death in the era of Nero.

Satyricon is one of the more fantastic and surreal of Fellini's films and one that definitely lives up to the term "Fellini-esque."

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Links:
Buy Fellini by John Baxter
Buy Fellini Satyricon on DVD
Buy On the Set of Fellini Satyricon : A Behind-the-Scenes Diary by Eileen Lanouette Hughes
Buy the paperback of Fellini's Satyricon
Hear John Baxter on our Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie episode
Hear Jim Tushinski on our Boys in the Sand episode

Music:
Satyricon Soundtrack - Nino Rota
"Satyricon" - Carlo Rustichelli
"Satyricon" - Stormwind

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