Five friends, no motivation, and a dead-end seaside town. Nope, it’s not this podcast! It’s I VITELLONI, Federico Fellini’s proto-slacker dramedy where tension is low and malaise is high. Moraldo’s friend Fausto knocks up Moraldo’s sister Sandra and marries her, sending the tight-knit crew of twentysomethings into a rather uneventful spiral.

We discuss Italy’s national identity during a postwar economic boom, how these guys stare actualization in the face and blink, and how many grilled cheeses and PB\&Js the average American eats in their life.

Give to these causes in need following ICE’s occupation of Minnesota:

@mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors:

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ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN:

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Support for Renee Good’s Widow and Family:

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References:

“Give to the Trylon’s

Film Forever Fund

so they never have to increase ticket prices!

#FelliniInBlackAndWhite #35mm

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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “I Vitelloni” by Nino Rota from the I VITELLONI soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 365: I VITELLONI (1953)

3:50 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

5:41 - Starting thoughts

19:12 - What happens when your friends leave and comparisons to 8½ (1963)

25:01 - Moraldo and Fausto

29:12 - Fausto’s such a shithead

40:06 - Where the vitelloni find themselves situated in the fabric of Italy’s social history

51:32 - The third act and Moraldo learning to let go

58:27 - The Junk Drawer

1:07:54 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1953

1:14:55 - Cody’s Noteys: Tryloaf (bread trivia)