facism in film
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Almost forty years after the gut of Fascism fell within Italy, these three films were released. In these three films we see the different faces of Fascism. Fellini exposes the foolish political and social atmosphere of Fascism in his light-hearted memoir of Amarcord. Ettore Scola, illustrates the repressive and divisive societal structures under Fascist ideals in A Special Day. And De Sica, uniquely shows the struggle against Nazi influenced Fascism through a passive and romantic twist in The Garden of the Finzi-Contini. The need for these film directors to revisit the old themes and politics of Fascism, emphasizes a social discontent and the popular appeal for the Italian nation to judge their present day politics during the 1970's. In regard to the effects and reactions to Fascism itself, these movies demonstrate the apparent tensions raised between public and private life as a result of Mussolini's forced popular rule.
Fellini's mytho-biological film, Amarcord takes a humourous look back on how he and his small provincial town reacted to Fascism. As the title directly translates, this film is based on how Fellini "remembers himself". Amarcord is a completely subjective memoir of the social and political dynamic of Fellini's hometown under the rule of Fascism...