road italian drama film directed screenplay written film portrays young woman buys mother takes road encounters rival fool end destruction called complete catalogue entire mythological world dangerous representation identity undertaken precedent whatsoever result film demanded time effort suffering films development process long extremely difficult secure financial backing casting proved problematic injuries personnel changes weather disrupted production schedule budget shortages constantly plagued director production supervisor forcing extraordinary measures going finally shooting completed suffered nervous breakdown necessitated medical treatment order complete principal photography initial critical reaction harsh film screening venice film festival occasion bitter controversy escalated public brawl supporters detractors subsequently influential films according american_film_institute won inaugural academy award best foreign language film placed fourth directors list cinema films plot young woman learns sister died going road man returned year later ask mother place mother accepts daughter departs day makes living street performer entertaining crowds breaking iron chain bound tightly chest passing hat tips short order nature emerges methods presenting foil teaches play snare drum trumpet dance bit clown audience despite willingness relies intimidation cruelty times maintain domination finally rebels leaves making way town watches act street entertainer fool talented high wire artist clown finds forcibly takes join travelling circus works opportunity explain water chases knife drawn result briefly jailed men eventually fired travelling circus difficulties forced partnership subject frequent soul searching release prison proposes alternatives philosophy purpose nun suggests purpose life comparable offers marriage separate paths fool cross time stretch road comes fixing flat tire watches horror strikes clown head times complains watch broken collapses dies hides body pushes car road bursts flames killing breaks spirit days affect remains flat eyes finally taking leaving clothes money trumpet years later woman singing tune played learns woman father found beach taken wasted away died gets drunk beach breaks tears cast fool circus owner widow nun production background creative process started vague feelings kind tone said melancholy gave sense guilt like shadow hanging feeling suggested people stay fatal don know feelings evolved certain images snow falling ocean compositions clouds singing point started draw sketch images tendency claimed learned early career worked provincial music halls sketch characters sets finally reported idea real drew circle piece paper depict head decided base character actual character wife years time utilized real saw influenced childhood photographs elements reflect year old idea character came youth coastal town pig lived known according man took girls town bed left poor idiot girl pregnant said baby devil child told canadian director conceived film time kind directing gone family time rome north drive mountains winding roads saw man pulling sort cart covered tiny woman pushing cart returned rome told seen desire hard lives road ideal scenario film said story imagined crucial difference focused little traveling circus slow young woman named merged circus characters mountain named owners small rome wrote script collaborators brought producer read script began raising hopes producer announced screenplay like great literature film wouldn cinema time fully complete shooting script nearly pages long shot camera angle detailed filled notes reflecting intensive research impressed cash advance agree demand play casting secured financing producers wanted cast wife refused choices inspiration entire project determined accept alternative hoped cast end tested number circus avail trouble finding right person role choice actor member social circle right type personality athletic physique wanted assistant director performer star earlier films white eager role disappointed rejected costume ultimately drew leading players people associated film angels darkness directed played different role acting film set visiting wife actress introduced quinn husband actor insistence director found later remembering thought little bit crazy told wasn interested picture kept days long quinn spent evening dinner watched italian comedy drama according quinn told film masterpiece director man chasing weeks particularly taken reminded director introduced invited actor lunch offered role asked surprised played clown responded fourteen hours great success italy hollywood drama starred suicide hotel balcony greatly impressed agreed role usual salary attracted personality saying living humor filming film shot sundays drive countryside scouting locations looking right place eat trying restaurants far away find desired menu production started october halted weeks ankle convent scene quinn shooting suspended saw opportunity replace wanted signed contract changed soon executives paramount viewed rushes scene lauded performance resulting announcing exclusive ordering sign hastily prepared contract approximately quinn salary delay caused entire production schedule revised cinematographer prior commitment replaced long time favorite filming resumed february winter temperature dropped resulting heat hot water necessitating delays forcing cast crew sleep fully dressed wear hats warm new schedule resulted conflict signed play title role epic produced directed quinn considered withdrawing convinced work films simultaneously shooting morning afternoon evening plan required actor order capture bleak early light insisted leave drive rome outfit order set time transformed afternoon shooting quinn recalled schedule accounted look films look perfect scarcely despite extremely tight budget production supervisor able rent small circus run man named fire coached quinn circus technical aspects chain breaking secured services supplied number play including double high wire artist refused perform arrived safety net funding shortages required response demands filming continued spring able create scenes thirty bags plaster find order simulate crowd scene required convinced local priest april celebration town patron saint days securing presence unpaid extras order guarantee crowd dissipate hours passed instructed assistant director shout rooms ready popular italian period left notorious trying cast american_film_institute student quinn spoke selecting box carries cigarette boxes finding right boxes satisfactory carry quinn recalled particularly proud certain scene performance earned applause set receive phone late night informing entire sequence quinn good supposed bad terrible actor people watching applauded laughed morning insisted create thin smile seen childhood photographs cut hair putting bowl head wasn covered remained soap look face performer wear surplus collar cut neck complained nice sweet cast hard agreement producers budget come pocket cutting profit potential clear funding finish picture stated took lunch assured hold let pretend joke buy coffee forget according quinn able obtain agreeing film shots director record neglected complete shooting final scenes wharf suffered severe bout clinical depression condition associates tried secret able complete filming receiving treatment prominent sound common practice italian films time shooting sound dialogue added later music sound effects consequence cast members generally spoke native language filming quinn english italian long time assistant described director typical procedure dialogue filming technique called number system instead lines actor count numbers normal order instance line words equals thirty actor merely counts thirty biographer commented system helps instant speech wants different reaction tell actor time smile didn need worry noise shooting scene running commentary filming practice traditional filmmakers like talked fact actors stop turn look look sad tears poor want comfort don turn away doesn want able use performers countries acting actors quinn speak italian dubbed original release unhappy actor initially dubbed remembered impressed work dubbing character italian version able secure services moment observed particularly exploited tendency italian films post war period allow considerable freedom voices lip movements especially contrast hollywood perceived obsessive matching voices mouths extremes post voices float bodies reach point voices continue attribute bodies assigned begin acquire sort autonomy baroque fashion italian version instances character heard speak actor mouth shut tight scholar pointed equally free treatment ambient sound films preferring called sense point audition heard screen mirrors particular character perceptions opposed visible reality scene example ducks chickens appear screen conversation nun reflecting girl growing sense enlightenment concerning place world visual track english language version identical original italian version audio track completely edited supervision carol new_york involvement identified dozens changes english version classifying alterations categories volume music relative dialogue english version musical selections different editing music scenes ambient sound scenes changes editing ambient sound dialogue english version quinn dubbed roles dubbed actress decision criticised trying match movements character sound editors provided voice high insecure cost dub english film started receive accolades released united_states art house circuit italian version subtitles music entire score written principal photography completed main theme tune appears melody played fool kit violin later trumpet cue penultimate scene sung woman tells fate abandoned primary themes introduced titles beginning regularly film added fourth recurring theme appears sequence meets interrupted presence occurring frequently increasingly lower volumes film progresses commented use themes true simply redundant identifying tag true meaning explicit images dialogue practice shot films playing taped music explained interview puts strange dimension fantasy variation planned use sound track unhappy plan wrote original motif echoes strings major rhythmic lines matched piece movements trumpet violin distribution film premiered 15th venice international film festival september won released italy september united_states july mastered print financed filmmaker acknowledged childhood related character bringing elements self destructive films current distributor film video reception initial response saw film unfinished poem left unfinished deliberately filmmaker fear essence lost critical definition ambiguity classification praised master story narrative light drawing essence purpose small details subtle soft tones slip naturally humble plot story apparently void action meaning apparent simplicity clearly evident interpreted human suggested considerable sustained subtle force saw differently venice film festival jury awarded ignoring physical brawl broke assistant started blowing whistle acceptance speech attacked disturbance left pale shaken tears critics rejected film ideological grounds particularly considered christian notions conversion redemption don said badly directed acted film declared declare wrong perspective wrong venice premiere began atmosphere according audience disliked screening began change opinion slightly end movie didn receive sense word response deserved reviewing argued film gives impression rough copy merely hints main points story preferred shadow marked contrast effective regretted excellent beginning style film remains time moment main characters separated point tone increasingly artificial literary pace increasingly biographer observed italian critics effort find faults movie opening venice starts okay story completely recognize end don like half french release year found warmer reception thought belonged mythological class class intended critics general public concluded summit rarely reached film directors style service artist mythological universe example proves cinema need technicians creative intelligence create film author considerable gift expression deep understanding certain spiritual problems march review arts magazine cited performance directly inspired best sense timing invented film found film bitter hope lot like life noted atmosphere drama combined visual strength rarely influential film critic theorist approach opposite psychological realism maintains analysis followed description feelings quasi universe happen fool carry quality supernatural poetic appears quality possible nature film accepted strange colourful artificial moments totally rejected try analyze film quality immediately evident obliged treat fragment personal comment secret confession separately critical reaction equally mixed reviews appearing films review cheap melodrama sight sound director poet realism hill favorable assessments provided newsweek novel saturday review takes place true successor new_york_times review especially complimentary quinn excellent apparently ruthless strong man tastes primitive immediate characterization developed innate loneliness shows rough exterior interview reported received thousand letters abandoned women husbands returned seeing film heard people disabilities gained new sense self worth viewing film letters come world retrospective evaluation later years explained sentimental point view attached feel representative film autobiographical personal sentimental reasons film greatest trouble realizing gave difficulty came time find producer imaginary beings brought screen felt closest especially found working drove making scene scene got wanted learned film acting months learned movies long quinn sent note director star highest point life critic roger_ebert book great movies described current critical consensus holding high point career film work ran wild christian sexual autobiographical excess seeing process discovery led years initial release solidified high holds rating review aggregator website rotten_tomatoes reviewers average scored scale numerous appearances lists best films include directors poll 4th best new_york_times best movies greatest films list don website received movies issued list films representing cross section outstanding films chosen committee international movie scholars come known vatican film list includes films sub category labeled art said movie loved personal identification implicit reference namesake francis legacy early film career closely associated movement known set films produced italian film industry post world war period particularly characterized close attention social context sense historical political commitment progressive social change anti fascist ideology certain films director widely viewed definitive break ideological demands follow particular political slant specific style resulted certain critics saw attitudes pure style vigorously responded criticism certain people think fit certain kinds reality insist social reality program certain aspects life film critic wrote remains film indifferent social historical concerns orthodox soon italian filmmakers including mentor early collaborator follow lead words critic pass approach social reality dealing equally compelling personal emotional problems film scholar pointed won academy award best foreign language film film win international success example new brand self conscious international film directors named favorite films include film found way popular music bob_dylan mentioned film inspiration songs respectively serbian rock band took film main theme adapted single title love theme traveling lonely road italian lyrics english lyrics years later composer expanded film music create ballet called new_york stage seen productions derived film musical based film opened broadway december closed performance voice impressed work attempted obtain theatrical rights film order mount stage production new_york traveling rome unsuccessful attempt meet created woman play search awards nominations won international awards including oscar best foreign language film recipient category
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