I know why Fellini took four Academy Awards for best foreign film after seeing AMARCORD (I Remember) today with Abe. His view of family, school, friends, townspeople, teachers is presented without protective filters and they are real, funny (sometimes hysterical) and so personal. He doesn't hide that his parents fought at the dinner table each night, that his grandpa farted, that his self-centered gigolo uncle could continue eating while holding his plate regardless of any catastrophe. His adolescent friends are quirky, hipster and goonieish, and the sexy women in his town are presented like he remembers...big boobs, big tushes, very flirtatious. The actress who plays the town prostitute/crazy is brilliant in her performance. I just loved this film.
Took Abe to Frank's afterwards on 4th and Colorado. That big ol warehouse reminds me of our loft on 12th St. Good and cheap food. Great drinks served in jam jars. Great service too.
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