TOD: Love the Italians.
Fellini:
I Vitellioni
Il Bidone
la Strada
Nights of the Cabiri (sp?)
8 1/2
Amarcord
And the Ship Sails On
Intervista
La Dolce Vita
Variety Lights
(Seriously, I am omitting the ones I don't care for, such as Casanova, which I couldn't get through, Satyricon and Juliet of the Spirits)
Rossellini, De Sica, Sergio Leone, Visconti, Antonioni -- you name 'em.
When I lived in Florida, my friend Deb would have people over for a day of Italian movies and Italian food. We'd watch three Fellini films and eat pasta, drink Chianti and have fun.
She now lives in Austin and brought up the idea just this weekend, so we may have to revive that tradition.