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The Human Voice is a bust - totally outclassed by Ingrid Bergman's take on it, but Fellini's piece is very good.

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The Human Voice is good; Magnani single-handedly carries a sad, increasingly melodramatic, and transfixing chamber monologue. The Miracle, on the other hand, is among the absolute greatest work Fellini and Rossellini ever put forth, either together or separately. What a completely devastating portrait of devout misgivings, of the hypocritical cruelty society inflicts upon the damned, be they in mind, body, or spirit. It's heartbreaking.

It's an original idea. Or two. But listening in on a long phone call is not my thing, Unless Scanner put ambiance to it (old obscure electronica reference). The monologue(-ish) scene was mostly a bore to me. The second story is a lot more interesting as it actually provokes and leads to something. Wish they's elaborated on that one instead of doing two short-stories.

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