Thus, the film distills a tale picked up from real situations by three But it was Fellini who made Gelsomina the dim-wittedĬontribution of Ennio Flaiano, whose literary works represent that very bent of Gelsomina pushed the motorcycle driven van with a tarpaulin cover when it would But the concept of Gelsomina was theĬontribution of Tulio Pinelli, who had seen a tiny woman pushing a cart just as Fellini modeled Zampano’s character partly on a real-life pig castrator, who It is well known that Fellini loved the circus and much of the It is interesting to study how Fellini and his twoĬo-scriptwriters developed the story of La Matto,” the clown, when dying, is philosophically worried that his watch isīroken, when it is his skull that is actually broken by Zampano. Who knows? Iĭon’t know for what this pebble is useful but it must be useful. Instance.” When queried as why the pebble is useful, he replies even moreĪlmighty who knew all.
In the most philosophically important line in the film he states “ Everything is useful. Jester of a king’s court, intelligent enough to spot talent and grasp universal Smart enough to know when he has to stop playing the fool. He is able to spot the latent capability of Gelsomina. He considers himself to be ignorant but he readsīooks.
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Professional fool, played by Richard Baseheart. The third fool is “Il matto” (The fool/The clown), a Visually and non-verbally with the brilliant end sequence. The spoken words in the film just as director Arthur Penn captured the essence Zampano’s eloquence is not verbal, his physical expressions,Īs Fellini captured them, in the final sequence of the film says more than all Man, lonely and remorseful for his past actions, a King Lear who bemoans the Of Zampano in the film suggests just the opposite, a vulnerable and sensitive Street-smart and physically overpowering man “buying” a woman. The first scene of Zampano in the film La Strada suggests a wicked,
He does not realize that he needs long-termĬompanionship until it is too late. He believes his women can be boughtĮither for sex or for work. A dog looks at you, wants to talk and onlyīarks.” One could assume that Rosa, Gelsomina’s sister, either fled Zampano’sĬompany or died while working for him. In the film he is compared with a dog “ He is like a dog. He can never consider theĬonsequences of his actions. Or thank his benefactors who provide him shelter. Smart enough to be able to recognize true love Limited intellect to earn his daily bread (he fools his audiences that he isĪble to breaks chains strapped around his chest with a physical effort that could make his eyes pop out) but is not Who is a brute who uses his brawn more than his brains. The second fool is Zampano (Anthony Quinn), the strongman,
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