Out of this world
Juliet of the Spirits is a very special film for me. It's generally not one of the most praised Fellini films, but I don't think I've ever seen anything like it, not even in other Fellini films.
A lot of movies are thought of as being dreamlike, but this one really does feel like a dream. It's like Fellini used a dream-recording device like the one from Paprika on himself and then just edited the opening/closing credits onto it and called it a wrap. That's the best description of JotS I can come up with, dreamlike. Even though the storyline itself is consistent, nothing in this movie feels like it's set in reality.
The strange hallucination scenes, magic realism, sporadic childhood flashbacks, vivid colors and an aethereal feel to it really make this film what it is. It's so spontaneous that knowing that this film was scripted, rehearsed, edited and planned almost ruins that strange aura of its. Also, the music by Nino Rota is one of the best movie soundtracks I've ever heard (at times it's similar to La dolce vita's), and Masina is as charming as ever before or since. A very, very underrated film.