This is the first film to really feel like homework, but to be a true cinephile you don't have to like these 'grest' films, just consider them. Well I did consider it and I didn't much care for it.
It tells the story of Guido, a popular Italian film director who is struggling to find inspiration for his next movie which is due to begin shooting. Constant hassles from his wife, his mistress, his leading lady and countless film executives, cause him to escape into his memories and fantasies of the women from his past.
The lines between his fantasies and the reality often blur and it isn't the most cohesive of plots. There is some striking imagery though. The scene when he just imagines that all the women he has wronged forgive him, become his harem and help to bathe him is bonkers par excellence. Especially when it all goes tits up when they learn he sends them 'upstairs' when they get over 40! Bring on the whip! Eddra Gale as Saraghina, performing a rumba for the village kids is a sight. Strictly Come Dancing it ain't!
So no I didn't enjoy watching it, but I'm glad I did. At least Nine had some good songs in it to redeem it's terribleness!
Someone ate Fergie!
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