Ginger and Fred Page #5

Synopsis: Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. It's both a touchingly nostalgic journey into the past, and a viciously satirical attack on television in general and Italian TV in particular, portraying it as a mindless freakshow aimed at morons
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Federico Fellini
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 18 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
1986
125 min
226 Views


What's the difference between him

and human beings?

- Do you understand...

- This is fundamental!

- Do we have to wait here?

- Yes, there's the self service here.

- I'm not hungry.

- Steak, salad and mineral water.

- Amilcare, did you order bucatini?

- They don't have!

They don't?

Amelia, I'm here!

Please,

a cappuccino with no froth.

I understood!

- Are you the one with the dog?

- Which dog?

The one that started whining

when the pope died.

- I'm not!

- You don't want to tell it to me, uh?

Barbara, let me bite your bottom!

Dear girl, what else do you want?

I blessed you, now go.

Miss, he is Gerolamo di Trivento, vero ?

Yes. He saved my mother,

she was going to die.

I brought him a picture of her.

He touched it and she recovered.

They say that when he's praying

he raises himself from the floor

and he reaches the crucifix

near the ceiling.

The one who's with him is a scientist,

a parapsychologist.

Is this one ok?

No, the pink one.

I apologize for my incredulity but,

is it true that that monk can fly?

It may happen. It's called levitation

and it's rare in western countries.

- Did you actually see him?

- No.

- Here she is!

- Bravo! That one, give it to me.

Dear viewers,

Merry Christmas.

Today's "We are proud to present" show

will be aired in three hours

and it will not just have

extraordinary people.

We will have the orchestra...

That one got on very quickly,

she's a friend of the general manager!

this band is composed by the

seven oldest italian horns.

Here they are, entering in our studio.

A total of 620 years!

We might call it the hundred-year-old band!

Immediately after them

we'll have...

the ex don... I don't know if I

can call him an "ex don" (ex priest).

I'm not an ex don, I'm still a don!

What is she saying?

...that threw away his priest clothes

to make his love dream come true.

Then we will interview the man who's

most loved by beautiful women

who want to become

even more beautiful.

famous professor

Carl Rudolph Nordt.

great aestethical surgeon.

- What does he say?

- My german...

The operation lasted 8 hours

and I did once each 4 months.

But watch how much I changed!

It was worth!

I'll take off my bandage during the show

and when you will know my age

you'll say it's a miracle!

and it's thanks to this man!

Maestro, my name's Esmeralda,

will you give me an autograph?

Me too I was kidnapped,

but I didn't have a finger cut...

- The cappuccino.

- I said with no froth!

- This is how I got it!

- What happened?

The manager didn't pay the hotel bill,

so we spent 10 days locked

in a hotel room! Do you remember, Amelia?

Why didn't you ask for help to anyone,

after you were released?

I walked all night in the country...

Why do you always have to tell lies?

Did you do something? Did you look for someone?

Where's the dressing room?

I have to iron the dress!

The electrician, does he have the special light?

Otherwise who could see us acting?

I remember everything.

Are you married ?

No!

I'm Barbara from Teleflash.

I'd like to ask a few questions to

Ginger and Fred.

Did you break up in the '40s?

What do you do now? What will you dance?

What do you think of today's dances?

Why did you accept to come to this show?

- Why tap?

- An intelligent question.

It's high time to talk seriously about tap.

Tap isn't just a dance.

It's something more... more...

Explain!

Me too I think that tap is something...

something... more!

Yes, something more.

Is it clear?

What do you mean?

- Tap wasn't a dance.

- What was it?

The black slaves' morse code,

some kind of wireless telegraph.

Another lie?

In cotton fiels black slaves

were not allowed to talk.

If they were caught talking,

the warden...

would lash them.

So...

what would the black slave do?

He would communicate

with his workmate this way.

"Beware, the warden!"

"I've got a knife"

"Let's kill him."

Or.

"I love you."

"I love you too"

Very interesting!

A language of love and death!

Who did you learn it from?

I've always known about it,

I even wanted to write a book about it!

We danced tap for 15 years

and you never told me!

It's a very beautiful thing!

- I'm having goose flesh!

- Those husbands!

- He's not my husband.

- No?

Thanks for the interview,

it was really interesting.

The book was published three months ago,

why are you presenting it today?

- Usual technical problems.

- I see.

- Did you have big problems?

- I wouldn't say big.

Please talk about the relation between

the writer and an important politician.

He was the one who wanted this show

but I will deny what I just said!

- Camilla, what big tits you have!

- They're still the usual ones!

"To Xegna with enthusiasm". Thanks.

But what's the rest?

"Hoping she won't forget about me"

- And this number?

- My phone number.

Nostalgia is always there.

And you?

No, thanks, maestro.

I've read it already.

It's very nice, modern,

it's a pity that the ending...

Were you disappointed?

Well... I don't know.

The beginning is so good,

while the second part instead...

Like this?

Let's not exxagerate, like this.

- How would you want the ending to be?

- This is a great honour.

The story ends on a river, right?

- And you don't like rivers?

- I like them a lot.

- Then? I don't get it.

- It's a life symbol, isn't it?

The river is a symbol, isn't it?

- Yes, a symbol!

- Bravo!

At that point we should have...

- Confess, you're a writer.

- You're flattering me!

I immediately understood that

you're not just a keen reader.

I'm interested, I'm writing notes.

Please suggest a different ending,

maybe in a second edition...

What do you write about?

No, I'm not a writer!

When I'm in the mood,

I write some jokes.

how do they call it...

aphorisms in rhyme.

Rhyme is a litte obsolete.

Yes, but it helps the reader.

Sure! Come on,

Let us hear something.

- No.

- The best things are unconscious.

I try to catch...

some reflections...

between female body and

desires men have for it.

Ah... the specular reflection!

Impromptu isn't the easiest way.

A professor told me it's somewhat

Marziale style.

- F***!

- Let us enjoy something.

It's becoming an exam.

but I'm afraid to disappoint you

these are just jokes...

Pippo, we should go.

We still have to do the rehearsal...

I'm talking with writers!

She's right because we still have

to try the tap.

I have to to make a little introduction

Did you see the dwarfs in the morning?

Yes, funny!

- I could not help...

- I'm curious!

- You want to gratify me.

- You are gratifying us.

- Do you know them?

- Yes, some.

- I can't judge.

- Poetry is something difficult for me.

Butt of a dwarf,

this cock is waiting for you

It's him! It's Marziale !

It's him!

- With a little bit of Orazio.

- No, Marziale.

It's understood that

it's waiting for the dwarf to grow up.

To me it sounds a bit like Giovanni Pascoli.

May we go?

The dick says Hello.

You think you're so smart and

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked, in polls such as Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, as some of the greatest films of all time. Sight & Sound lists his 1963 film 8½ as the 10th-greatest film of all time. In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Besides La Dolce Vita and 8½, his other well-known films include La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Amarcord and Fellini's Casanova. more…

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