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 | | Judging by this, and by the quotation in the first paragraph, Fellini feels that his pre-pubescent experience with women had a lasting impact on his perception, solidifying a fantasy image in his subconscious that he would carry with him into adult life. |
 | | It is not exactly clear, however, as it can never be clear with any psychological phenomenon, the exact experiences that led Fellini, as a pre-pubescent, to solidify an image of woman as large and voluptuous. |
 | | In 8 1/2, for instance, the first of a series of meta-cinematic films wherein the life of the protagonist resembles closely the life of Fellini himself, the flashback to La Saraghina and her "abandoned pillbox on the beach" serves to explain Guido's (and possibly Fellini's) adult perception of women. |
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