How does a world famous fountain connect specifically with autobiographical memory?

toughynutter

Intervista "The movie is best known for its scene with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg, sentimentally reunited to watch the Trevi Fountain scene from 1960's "La Dolce Vita." (Ekberg says Mastroianni didn't have much time for her on the "Intervista" set.) " http://www.amazon.com/Intervista-Maria-Teresa-Battaglia/dp/B00073K80C Mar 13 07, 9:43 AM

toughynutter

"Fellini's Intervista (1987) carried the reflectiveness of his later years full circle. A fitting companion piece to 8 1/2 and a revisitation (with Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg) of that other landmark, La Dolce Vita, Fellini again directly confronted his own position and status as a filmmaker, this time with a sadder, more wistful nostalgia than he had as a younger man. Now the aging "Il Mago" ("the magician," as he was sometimes called in Italy) and his aging actors watch clips of their earlier triumphs in scenes that are extremely moving." http://www.1worldfilms.com/federico_fellini.htm Mar 13 07, 9:47 AM

peasypod

Well, you have the fountain, but not the connection. Try looking at 'autobiographical memory' whilst laying on a leather couch. Mar 13 07, 2:23 PM

peasypod

I see that you all may be 'fishing' for clues instead of using the 'little grey cells'... Mar 13 07, 9:06 PM

lanfranco

I think the connection is probably hippocamp/hippocampus. Examples of the former, a mythological creature, appear on the Trevi. The hippocampus is a part of the brain instrumental in the formation of memories. It was once thought to resemble a hippocamp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_%28disambiguation%29 Mar 14 07, 8:15 AM

peasypod

Finally. Yes indeed, Frankie, and just how many coins have you hurled into the fountain? I think I'm onto my 12th, and it seems to be working... Mar 14 07, 4:26 PM

queproblema

Lud, peasy! 2 x 6 or 3 x 4? No, it would have to be (2 + 3) + (2 + 3) + 2 Don't answer. Mar 14 07, 6:53 PM

peasypod

Actually, honey, the way I see it is 1+1+1+1+1+1 etc etc.... Then again, after the gypsies have robbed me blind, I'm usually only left with one coin anyway. Mar 14 07, 11:25 PM

queproblema

Ah, I'm glad--you keep going back... Mar 14 07, 11:54 PM

lanfranco

Surely you're not still falling for the old cardboard trick? Mar 15 07, 8:08 AM

peasypod

Oh no, I figured that one out years ago. It's the baby-throwing one I just can't get out of. ;) Mar 15 07, 2:26 PM