🇬🇧 "Rome" x "Visages, Villages"
Yesterday I watched Roma, from italian director Federico Fellini. Some weeks ago, I had the opportunity to watch "Visages, Villages", from french director Agnes Varda. This is not a post to compare both directors. To be true, both movies were my first experience with each director. And it's from this point of view I'm writing. Varda was born in Brussels and "Visages, Villages" is filmed in small villages in France. Fellini was born in Rimini and "Rome" was filmed in Rome. The inverse path. Not only for this. Varda's movie shows lots of external scenes. "Rome" is full of scenes inside some place. Dark places, sometimes claustrophobic and full of smoke, and rare moments of sun and fresh air. Qualities? Both have many. Varda and Fellini were not great directors by chance. Fellini shows Rome with artificial people, heavy make up for women, a very critical eye. It's "his" Rome. His home. His point of view about a city he ...