Fellini on Fellini - Hardcover

Costantini, Costanzo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571175430 ISBN 13: 9780571175437

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1995

Synopsis

Like a colossus, Federico Fellini bestrides the history of Italian cinema. Four times winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, over the course of his career Fellini created a body of work - La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Roma, to name a few - that was distinctly his own.

He called the cinema a circus, and stated that if he hadn't become a film-maker he would have been a circus director. Together with actors like Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina he created films that were visually and emotionally rich, comic and profoundly moving.

This book is a free-ranging series of discussions that reach deep into the heart of Fellini's creative process, illustrated by the drawings and sketches that were an indispensable part of his artistic process.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Fellini on Fellini is a fascinating collection of his articles, interviews, essays, reminiscences, and table talk, carefully arranged to chart the progress of his life and work. There are boyhood memories of his hometown, Remini, and his highly improbable beginnings as a scriptwriter for Rossellini; letters to Jesuit priests and Marxist critics defending his first international success, La Strada; anecdotes and revelations about the making of La Dolca Vita, 8 1/2, and The Clowns; and insights into all aspects of filmmaking. Here, Fellini reveals, as no one else can, a rich digest of his brilliant and controversial career.

Synopsis:

As a four-times winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Federico Fellini bestrides the history of Italian cinema. Over the course of his career he created a body of work - "La Strada", "La Dolce Vita", "Roma" - that was distinctly his own. He called the cinema a circus, and stated that if he hadn't become a film maker he would have been a circus director. The free-ranging series of discussions in this book reach into the heart of Fellini's creative work and are illustrated with some of the drawings and sketches that were an essential part of his artistic process.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0571175430
• ISBN 13: 9780571175437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224