One of the greatest of all films, this haunting, heartfelt fable feels like a balm during these troubled times, its essential, insistent humanity arriving as a reminder right when we need it most. (The news will still be here when we get back.) The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Virtual Screening Room has just started streaming a new 4K restoration of Federico Fellini’s 1954 masterpiece “ La Strada” in celebration of the maestro’s centenary. So come away with me instead to a small seaside village in postwar Italy. But of course, thanks to the coronavirus, it’s not like we can go anywhere or do much else right now besides stay at home and doomscroll through our social media feeds while waiting for the other shoe to drop. And you shouldn’t, this is no way to live your life. It’s debilitating, really, if you sit around thinking about it for too long. Even the most consequential and contentious elections of my lifetime promised with them peaceful transitions of power, whereas this week offers no such guarantees. After spending the weekend with knots in my stomach watching throngs of sneering Trump supporters blocking highways and closing down bridges, I realized that not since the days immediately following 9/11 have I felt plagued by more terrifying uncertainty regarding what comes next. None of us are having an easy time of it right now. A still from Federico Fellini's "La Strada." (Courtesy Janus Films) This article is more than 1 year old.
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