Directed by Federico Fellini • 1973 • France, Italy
This carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the fascist period, the most personal film from Federico Fellini, satirizes the director's youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nina Rota's classic, nostalgia-tinged score. The Academy Award winning Amarcord remains one of cinema's enduring treasures.
Recorded in 2006, this commentary features film studies professors Peter Brunette and Frank Burke (Burke is also the author of the book Fellini’s Films).
Having danced around the subject in such films as I VITELLONI, director Federico Fellini finally addressed his childhood head-on in AMARCORD. In this documentary, friends who knew Fellini throughout his life discuss his complicated relationship with his hometown, Rimini, and the art that he creat...
Chosen at the last moment to play Gradisca in director Federico Fellini’s AMARCORD, Magali Noël threw herself into the role with typical verve and charm. She also appeared in Fellini’s LA DOLCE VITA and SATYRICON, in addition to such films as RIFIFI and Z.
