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Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 04/17/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: Italian Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 18 mins Studio: New Yorker Video Members Wishing: 14 Genres: Fantasy, Satire, Fantasy Comedy, Surrealist Film

In this dream-sequence film, renowned Italian director Federico Fellini expounds at length on the nature, complexities, attitudes, and hang-ups of women and how this all relates to men "hunting" sexual conquests. Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) is traveling in a compartment on a train when he lapses into sleep and dreams the ensuing story. He follows a woman off the train and through a field and then loses her. Soon, as a representative of the male sex in general he finds himself in a hotel, among myriad women attending a feminist conference. Surreal episodes take him through a villa with his alter-ego Dr. Katzone (Ettore Manni, who died during filming) and references to his sexual exploits. Reunited with his former wife for a moment, he starts another sequence which reviews his past. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Marcello Mastroianni - Snaporaz
Anna Prucnal - Elena
Bernice Stegers - Woman on train
Donatella Damiani - Feminist on Roller Skates
Jole Silvani - Motorcyclist

Federico Fellini's City of Women comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The Italian soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a photo gallery, a making-of featurette, a promotional short, and profiles of both Fellini and lead actor Marcello Mastroianni. Fellini enthusiasts should certainly see this New Yorker release, and anyone with an interest in either him or Mastroianni should find this disc of interest. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide