Then hippies gathering in Piazza di Spagna are shown, followed by the clients of a brothel in the Forties. Then the scene is set at an underground construction site, when works have to be stopped because some archeological remains are found. This reminds us of a small variety show theatre, where viewers are running away because of an air-raid warning. He’s criticized by young people who claim is not interested in politics. Then, in 1972, there are massive traffic jams in the ring-road, and Fellini is shooting a film in a city crowded with tourists. In 1939, when he turns twenty, he goes to Rome and discovers the city’s real nature: people living in a cheap hotels, popular restaurants outdoors, children playing on the streets. Early in the ‘30s, a young man who’s staying at a boarding school run by priests imagines Rome based on his teachers’ statements and the Fascist regime’s rhetoric.
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