In this final episode of “Second Look,” a four-part interview series Federico Fellini did on Belgian television in 1960, the director discusses LA DOLCE VITA and the scandal surrounding its release. Also interviewed, among others, are actors Yvonne Furneaux and Marcello Mastroianni, author Alberto Moravia, and critic Cesare Zavattini, a frequent Fellini detractor.
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Fellini: I’m a Born Liar
This feature-length 2002 documentary by Damian Pettigrew’s tracks the life and career of director Federico Fellini through his often contradictory statements. As Fellini said in the quote that gives the documentary its title: “I’m a born liar. For me, the things that are the most real are the one...
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Federico Fellini’s Autobiography
For this 2000 documentary, Paquito Del Bosco was given total access to the RAI (Italian television) archives’ holdings of interviews with Federico Fellini. Italian film critic Tullio Kezich writes, “The project is a precious contribution to our understanding of the director and his genius.”
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At Home with Federico Fellini
In this 1987 interview for Italian television, director Federico Fellini discusses the importance of Franz Kafka’s novel “Amerika” to the making of INTERVISTA.
