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   gtr to Lenona   
   Re: "10 great films about Gypsies and Tr   
   16 Jun 23 02:47:39   
   
   From: xxx@yyy.zzz   
      
   On Jun 15, 2023 at 9:44:11 AM PDT, "Lenona"  wrote:   
      
   > On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 7:12:47 PM UTC-4, gggg gggg wrote:   
   >   
   >> Isn't LA STRADA about Italian performing gypsies?   
   >   
   > It's been decades since I saw that; I couldn't tell you.   
   >   
   > At any rate, one may also want to check out the 1970 National Geographic book   
   > "Gypsies: Wanderers of the World." It has gorgeous photos and it covers many   
   > nations, including some in the Middle East.   
      
   La Strada is not about Romani, but about itenerant performers, like any   
   traveling circus. Just a very marginal and low-class one. A specactular movie,   
   and Fellini's best in my estimation, followed by with La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.   
      
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