At Birdland, the Party Hosts a New Cast of Characters
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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With ‘I Vitelloni,’ we see Fellini before he became Fellini, a young screenwriter and director finding his bearings, an inquisitive sensibility open to experimentation and, especially, risk.
When does the statute of limitations end for the whole notion of “coming of age?” At least here in the U.S., it’s 18 by the law. Still, adulthood arrives at different moments for different people, and sometimes not at all. Culture, too, is a determinant of when an individual is tasked to abandon childish things. Anyone watching “I Vitelloni” (1953) would conclude that maturity begins to dawn upon its participants — in particular, its male participants — at age 35.
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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By THE NEW YORK SUN
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By BENNY AVNI
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By LAWRENCE KUDLOW
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By JENNIFER DOHERTY
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By DONALD KIRK
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By LUKE FUNK
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By JENNIFER DOHERTY
|When does the statute of limitations end for the whole notion of “coming of age?” At least here in the U.S., it’s 18 by the law. Still, adulthood arrives at different moments for different people, and sometimes not at all. Culture, too, is a determinant of when an individual is tasked to abandon childish things. Anyone watching “I Vitelloni” (1953) would conclude that maturity begins to dawn upon its participants — in particular, its male participants — at age 35.
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