Die Nächte der Cabiria (1957)
9KDie Nächte der Cabiria: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray. A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
“I am not much in favor of u0026quot;bestu0026quot; lists–I wouldnu0026#39;t make it in Cusacku0026#39;s u0026quot;High Fidelityu0026quot; world–but I can usually offer a range of titles of films that I consider the most powerful experiences I have had in front of a screen–Bicycle Thief, Ran, Ordet, Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, Lu0026#39;Avventura, Rear Window, Blade Runner, quite a few others. But if I had to pick just one title, it would be Nights of Cabiria. I saw it when it first came out in this country–I was a junior in high school and fortunate enough to live near a theater that showed foreign films. It ran for several weeks and I kept going back to see it over and over, giving myself permission by dragging friends to see it. No one was ever disappointed, though only a couple of friends developed a comparable enthusiasm with mine. I have continued to seeu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eit every chance I get, though I have not had the opportunity to see the latest reissue–I probably will have to see it onu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003evideo or dvd, since the city I now live in rarely shows any foreign films. Giulietta Massina gives not just the greatestu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eperformance of her career, but surely one of the greatestu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eperformances ever recorded on film, and the sequence of Cabiriau0026#39;s experiences, at first seemingly random and insignificant, adds up to one of the most profound statements Fellini ever made about human life.”
