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Federico Fellini |
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Director / Screenwriter /
Actor |
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1920 - 1993 |
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Born January 20,
Rimini, Italy |
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Key
Production Countries: Italy, France |
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Key Genres:
Comedy Drama, Satire,
Ensemble Film,
Drama, Fantasy Comedy, Period Film, Showbiz Comedy, Comedy |
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Key
Collaborators: Nino
Rota (Composer), Tullio Pinelli
(Screenwriter), Ruggero Mastroianni (Editor), Ennio Flaiano (Screenwriter), Giuseppe Rotunno (Cinematographer),
Bernardino Zapponi (Screenwriter), Giuletta Masina (Leading Player), Brunello Rondi
(Screenwriter), Marcello Mastroianni (Leading Character Player), Danilo Donati (Production
Designer) |
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Highly Recommended: La
Strada (1954)*, La Dolce vita (1960)* |
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Recommended: The White Sheik (1951),
I Vitelloni (1953)*, Il Bidone (1955)*, 8˝ (1963)* |
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Worth
a Look: Variety Lights (1950) [co-directed
by
Alberto Lattuada], Nights of Cabiria (1957)*, Juliet of the Spirits (1965)*,
Spirits of the Dead (1968) [co-directed by
Louis
Malle &
Roger Vadim], The Clowns (1971),
Amarcord
(1973)*, Orchestra Rehearsal (1979), City of Women (1981), And the Ship Sails On (1984)*,
Fellini's Intervista (1987) |
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Approach with Caution:
Fellini Satyricon (1969)*, Fellini's Roma (1972)*, The Voice of the Moon
(1990) |
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Duds: Fellini's
Casanova (1976)* |
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* Listed in TSPDT's
1,000 Greatest Films
section. |
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Links: [
Amazon
] [
IMDB ] [
TCMDB ] [
All-Movie
Guide ] [
Senses
of Cinema: Great Directors ] [
Film Reference
] [
Federico
Fellini.com ] [
Federico
Fellini: Images and Archetypes ] [
Internet
Fan Club ] [
Bright
Lights Film Journal Interview ]
In
Black & White: A Fellini Site ]
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Books: [
Federico Fellini: His Life and Work
] [
I,
Fellini ] [
Fellini
on Fellini ] [
The
Cinema of Federico Fellini ] [
Federico Fellini ] |
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"Although the
confessional element in Fellini's work was only unmistakable
from 8˝ onward, we can now see that
no other Italian so absorbed himself in the act of being
an international film director. No other director - apart from
Orson Welles - so insisted on the
personal derivation of all his work, nor managed to make even
fragments of film or biographical incidents seem like parts of a
total oeuvre." -
David Thomson (The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 2002) |
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"If this
Italian film-maker had been restrained by the Hollywood system,
one feels that his films might have pleased himself less, but
pleased his audiences more. No doubt about it, Fellini was a
brilliant creator of unforgettable images, the screen's nearest
equivalent to a modern Spanish painter somewhere between Dalí
and Miró. What might have happened if this talent had been
harnessed, channelled into a recognizable shape?" -
David
Quinlan (Quinlan's Film Directors, 1999) |
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"Whether
it was the world he loved or simply the fruits of his very
public fantasy is open to debate; whatever, while his work was
extremely uneven, he evidently saw himself as a great artist,
whereas a more accurate assessment might describe him as a
magnificent showman." -
Geoff
Andrew (The Director's Vision, 1999)
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"With roots in Italian neo-realism, Fellini has grown into a
brilliant stylist who depicts man's appetites with particular
vigor." -
William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978) |
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"It's absolutely
impossible to improvise. Making a movie is a mathematical
operation. It is like sending a missile to the moon. It isn't
improvised. It is too defined to be called improvisational, too
mechanical. Art is a scientific operation, so I can say that
what we usually call improvisation is in my case just having an
ear and eye for things that sometimes occur during the time we
are making the picture." -
Federico
Fellini (Directing the Film, 1976) |
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"Cinema is
an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give
many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new
dogs." - Federico Fellini |
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