Federico Fellini was a three-time Oscar winner in the Best Foreign Language Film category and received the Academy's Honorary Award “in recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences.” This documentary, directed by Paquito Del Bosco, follows the great Italian film director as he talks about his filmmaking. Beginners will want to use the subtitles, as Fellini speaks a rapid-fire Italian.
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Federico Fellini discusses Marcello Mastroianni's role as "everyman" in La Dolce Vita. He encourages viewers to see Mastroianni's "passions, hopes, fears and cowardice, and anguish and sleaziness" as similar to their own.
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Fellini tells how La Dolce Vita scenes were filmed both on the Via Veneto and on a set reconstructing the famous street in Cinecittà. The director also discusses his being a Capricorn.
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Crowds of Romans gather to watch the filming of Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain. Federico Fellini tells of his inspirations for the film La Dolce Vita.
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Fellini describes his relationship to a producer who became so exasperated by the director, that he drank ink in mock suicide.
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Fellini, interviewed at the Trevi Fountain, during the filming of La Dolce Vita, discussed his relationships with producers.
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An exclusive interview with the world-famous Italian film director and screenwriter, Federico Fellini.
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