I really can't understand how some of you can "suffer" through a Fellini's film. His films have always multiple levels, and there is always one funny dimension, a more philosophical level, the photography is always outstanding, there is a poetic level. Probably some of the Fellini's irony is lost in translation:his being funny is sometimes linked to the accent of some of the characters(I am Italian) . But you have to gloss over a lot of the beauty to find him boring.