![]() ![]() Yet her sad, funny face remains a haunting image. He created a personal style of cinema that mysteriously and miraculously felt universal, making our planet seem somehow smaller and more intimate. These defects tend to mar the remarkable performance of Giulietta Masina as the half-mad Gelsomina her acting seems to have been exploited, rather than inspired, by the director. In a determination not to overdo the sentiment, the treatment sometimes strikes one as a trifle calculated and there is at the heart of the piece a lack of compassion, an inhibition which allows the camera quality of a particular scene or the stylishness of the cutting to become more important than the human values of the story. Yet the film is not as moving and memorable as its individual virtues should make it. UK rerelease date in cinemas (2K digital print) and on DVD and Blu-ray from 5 June ![]()
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