{"id":83366,"date":"2022-04-26T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83366"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:33:53","slug":"nights-of-cabiria-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83366","title":{"rendered":"Nights of Cabiria (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Listen &#8212; I&#8217;m fine the way I am. I got everything.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-83367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster-89x128.png 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster-187x270.png 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Poster.png 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA prostitute (Giuletta Masina) whose boyfriend has just pushed her in the river and left her to drown recovers and gets back to work, heading out with a famous film star (Amedeo Nazzari) whose petulent girlfriend (Dorian Gray) eventually returns to him, and wandering into a show by a hypnotist (Aldo Silvani) who gets her to be highly vulnerable on stage &#8212; at which point a stranger (Fran\u00e7ois P\u00e9rier) attempts to woo her into marriage.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Federico Fellini Films<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;often sad but magical film by Federico Fellini&#8221; stars &#8220;Giuletta Masina [as] an aging, sweet streetwalker in Rome&#8221; who is &#8220;tired of hanging around with sleazy street types and being used by disrespectful men&#8221; and &#8220;dreams of a better life.&#8221; However, &#8220;she keeps getting knocked to the ground (or thrown into a stream, pushed into a closet, almost tossed off a cliff)&#8221; &#8212; though &#8220;Fellini is compassionate and gives her a moment of festivity and happiness,&#8221; which she &#8220;deserves&#8230; because of her indomitable spirit.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"731\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers.png 1009w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Flowers-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I fully agree with the rest of Peary&#8217;s assessment &#8212; particularly his remark that Cabiria &#8220;doesn&#8217;t wise up and remains completely trusting of men.&#8221; Even as Cabiria seems to soften in later portions of the film (her eyebrows literally shift from angled to curved), it&#8217;s not <em>men<\/em> she begins to trust, but rather her ability to make the best of life no matter what is thrown at her. <\/p>\n<p>She fights off jealous or combative women, and while men continue to attempt to take advantage of her, she is always on the ready to defy and deny their assertions that she <em>needs<\/em> them in order to thrive. For instance, she rejects an offer by a smug pimp (Ennio Girolami) to come under his protection: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1013\" height=\"729\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp.png 1013w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Pimp-375x270.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and enjoys dancing in her own inimitable style when taken to a nightclub by Nazzari, caring not a whit that he doesn&#8217;t join in. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1029\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing.png 1029w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Dancing-379x270.png 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Cabiria is temporarily taken in by a &#8220;wise&#8221; magician who gets her to literally let her guard down: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician.png 1005w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Magician-370x270.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and she is <em>slowly<\/em> flattered by the gentle and insistent attention P\u00e9rier pays to her: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"726\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered.png 990w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Flattered-368x270.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; she never loses her sense of self-worth or dignity for more than brief moments at a time. Cabiria will get up again and again, and keep joining in the festival of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1051\" height=\"737\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life.png 1051w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life-128x90.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Festival-of-Life-385x270.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giulietta Masina as Cabiria<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"731\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk.png 1009w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Masina-Smirk-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aldo Tonti&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown.png 1023w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown-128x90.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nights-of-Cabiria-Crown-382x270.png 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nino Rota&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for Masina&#8217;s performance and as an overall powerful show. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050783\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/great-movie-nights-of-cabiria-1957\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1957\/10\/29\/archives\/the-screen-cabiria-giulietta-masina-stars-in-italian-import.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/1998\/08\/06\/reviewa_25\/\">Salon Review (Stephanie Zacharek)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10104&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Listen &#8212; I&#8217;m fine the way I am. I got everything.&#8221; Synopsis: A prostitute (Giuletta Masina) whose boyfriend has just pushed her in the river and left her to drown recovers and gets back to work, heading out with a famous film star (Amedeo Nazzari) whose petulent girlfriend (Dorian Gray) eventually returns to him, and wandering into a show by a hypnotist (Aldo Silvani) who gets her to be highly vulnerable on stage &#8212; at which point a stranger (Fran\u00e7ois&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83366\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83381,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83366\/revisions\/83381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}