Gelsomina
by Elizabeth Tillar
Title
Gelsomina
Artist
Elizabeth Tillar
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
Gelsomina is the fragile and ingenuous character in Fellini's great film 'La Strada' portrayed by Giulietta Masina.
From the Roger Ebert Review
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/la-strada-1994
"The story is one of the most familiar in cinema. A brutish strongman named Zampano (Anthony Quinn) tours Italy, living in a ramshackle caravan pulled by a motorcycle. He needs an assistant for his act, and from a poor widow at the seaside he purchases her slow-witted daughter Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina). He is cruel to the young woman, but she has a Chaplinesque innocence that somehow shields her from the worst of life, and she is proud of his accomplishments, such as learning to play his signature tune on a trumpet.
In a provincial town, Gelsomina is struck breathless by the Fool, a high-wire artist who works high above the city street.
Zampano signs up with an itinerant circus, where the Fool (Richard Basehart) is employed. He mocks Zampano, who attacks him in a rage, and is jailed. The Fool is attracted to Gelsomina, but sees that she has formed a strong bond with the strongman, and leaves so they can be together. But Zampano's jealousy and rage return; he kills the Fool; Gelsomina goes mad, and all is in place for one of Fellini's favorite endings, in which a defeated man turns to the sea, which has no answers."
YouTube Still Photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc3y7hLuKpc
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August 1st, 2017
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Comments (26)
Elizabeth Tillar
Jasna, thank you very much for featuring my work in the group Global Flowers Photographs! I greatly appreciate your support and interest.
Petra Theodoridou
Marvelous capture, Elizabeth!!!Greatly composed and lighted close up of this fragile beauty! LF,tw,p,g
Elizabeth Tillar replied:
Petra, thank you so much for your wonderful, detailed comment on this image and for sharing it and making it a favorite! Please forgive my delay in responding; somehow I overlooked your terrific message and generous shares!
Marnie Patchett
Beautiful, Love the softness.
Elizabeth Tillar replied:
Marnie, many thanks for your specific comment and appreciation of this floral image!
Tami Quigley
Gorgeous image Elizabeth, wonderful details and interesting description! L/F
Elizabeth Tillar replied:
Tami, thank you so much for your lovely, detailed comment and the favorite! So pleased you like the description, too!
Elizabeth Tillar
Nancy, thank you so very much for your specific and lovely response to this image as well as for making it a favorite!
Elizabeth Tillar
Deb, I am so happy you find this floral image appealing and that you like the description (of one of my favorite films and characters). Many thanks for the detailed comment and the favorite!
Deb Halloran
Elizabeth, What a gorgeous daylily...the colors and light are truly incredible. Wonderful description and title...nicely done. v/f
Randy Burns
This glows like a light. I collect day lilies Elizabeth. Love this variety. F/L
Elizabeth Tillar replied:
Randy, I am so happy to know you collect day lilies and that you love this variety! Thank you for making this image a favorite!
Elizabeth Tillar
John, many thanks for your appreciation of this image, with details, as well as for the favorite!
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