The other night we finally watched a film that had sat in my Criterion Channel queue for way to long: Variety Lights. It's a 1951 move that was co-directed by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada. I think it first entered the queue because I was in a Fallini mood, but then we finally watched it when we made the Alberto Lattuada connection. We had just watched Lattuada's Mafioso, which has become a cabin favorite. Variety Lights is the first film where Fellini received directorial credit, so there must have been a solid relationship between him and Lattuada, who was already a well-known filmmaker. It feels very much like a Fellini film, with that related joy and sadness that somehow always work out so beautifully together in his work. Plus, it co-stars Giulietta Masina (his wife), who also later starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria. Definitely recommended.
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