La Strada: Federico Fellini, Director

by Peter Bondanella

Book Overview

The performances by Giulietta Masina as the waif Gelsomina, Richard Basehart as the fool, and Anthony Quinn as the strongman Zampano, have been acclaimed for their power and sometimes ridiculed for their sentimentality. The debates over what these characters and the story represent, and the position of the film within the neorealist genre, continue today. This translation and critical edition of the continuity script for "La Strada" is a guide to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813512360
• ISBN13: 9780813512365
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.