A film of rare visual daring and imagination in which each frame is meticulously and attentively designed Fellini's Casanova is one of the Italian maestro's most sumptuous productions. In an astonishing piece of screen acting Donald Sutherland portrays Casanova in his waning days engaging in various amorous and political adventures with an air of bored detachment as he travels through a disease-ridden Europe. Imbued with a romantic pessimism the film debunks the myth of Casanova as a great lover and instead presents him as an ordinary man swept along by extraordinary... circumstances. Featuring a compelling and complex score by long-standing collaborator Nina Rota Fellini's Casanova also boasts Oscar-winning costume design by Danilo Donati. Shot entirely on the lavish soundstages of Rome's Cinecitta Studios the film is popularly viewed as the directors elegiac farewell to a bygone era of Italian Cinema. [show more]
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Federico Fellini directs this Italian drama based on the life of 18th century author, scientist and romancer Giacomo Casanova. Opening in Venice, the story follows the famous lothario (Donald Sutherland) as he becomes the lover of a nun, a hunchback, a doll and a sorceress and is subsequently imprisoned for his misdeeds. After reminiscing of his past affairs in prison, Casanova travels around Europe where he continues to fulfil numerous conquests into old age but fails to achieve the respect he yearns for.
FELLINI'S CASANOVA is played by Donald Sutherland. The film takes great pains to debunk the myth of the Great Lover by presenting him as an ordinary human being swept up in extraordinary circumstances. This Casanova breezes through his various political and amorous adventures with an air of bored detachment, allowing the audience to 'fill in the blanks' regarding motivations and emotions. Though the film's plotline hop-scotches all over Europe, Fellini lensed the picture entirely within the lavish confines of Rome's Cinecitta Studios. Danilo Donati won an Oscar for costume design, while Nino Rota (of GODFATHER fame) should have won for his musical score. A sumptuous visual treat, FELLINI'S CASANOVA is something of a chocolate Easter Bunny: delicious going down, but hollow on the inside.
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