Federico Fellini

One of the most influential Italian cinemas film directors was Federico Fellini, who became popular after World War II. The filmography of Fellini included 24 titles; of which won him five Academy Awards including the most Oscars in history for best foreign language film (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Federico Fellini’s influences have became such an integral part of the film industry, that some of his influences are barely even credited to him in todays society such as the word “paparazzi” which originated

8 ½ Federico Fellini Film 8 ½ by Italian director Federico Fellini was one of the most influential film of the post-war 1960´s. Nevertheless, this film is an Italian comedy which was based on Guido Anselmi a famous Italian film director. Guido Anselmi has a mental block when it comes to his film, (“director‘s block”) and struggles with his flash backs, dreams, and reality. Guido desperately tries to find an inspiration to help him finish his film. However, with the wife, mistress, and

Bondanella, P. (2002). The Films of Federico Fellini. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. The Films of Federico Fellini examines the career and work of Italy’s most revered filmmakers. By analyzing the masterpieces of Fellini, the book attempts to categorize the influence of his work, and explain some of his interests in fantasy, the irrational, and individualism. Bondanella essentially rejects more common ways of analyzing Fellini’s work and favors trying to explore the development of his

French, Italian, Japanese, and Indian arthouse-auteurist films affect the development of New Hollywood auteur films. Bondanella, P. (2002). The Films of Federico Fellini. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. The Films of Federico Fellini examines the career and work of Italy’s most revered filmmakers. By analyzing the masterpieces of Fellini, the book attempts to categorize the influence of his work, and explain some of his interests in fantasy, the irrational, and individualism. Bondanella

Fellini When Ida and Urbano Fellini bore their first son, Federico, they must have known that he would be far from a calm easygoing person. On the evening of January 20, 1940, the weather at the seaside resort of Rimini on the Adriatic coast of Italy, was not pleasant. There was thunder, lightning, high seas, winds, and heavy rains; quite a setting for the entrance of one who was to be regarded as one of the greatest film directors in history. Urbano was prominent salesman of confectionaries

Just as 8½ is self-reflexive with its character, the title references nothing within the plot but instead the amount of films that Fellini directed leading up to 8½. The title itself encapsulates the film— it’s incomplete, similar to Guido’s film, but also creates ambiguity and curiosity, leaving viewers pondering the true purpose. The first scene of 8½ captures the structure of the

directed by Federico Fellini from his own screenplay co-written with Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film portrays a naïve young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother by a brutish strongman (Anthony Quinn) who takes her with him on the road, encounters with his rival the Fool (Richard Basehart) and ends with their destruction. It stars Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina, Anthony Quinn as Zampanò, and Richard Basehart as Il Matto, the fool.(1) It was directed by Federico Fellini, and produced

The evaluation of a film assigns some form of value to a film and the experience you encountered while watching the film. Evaluation can imply the criteria and standards that you can argue about to place value on a film. Thus, giving people a reason to question a film to develop reasons, make such standards are met and to understand the film. These standards can stem from the classical evaluation and pluralistic-category method which has given viewers a blueprint of how you should properly evaluate

Mice and Men and the film La Strada archetypes such as grotesques, the journey, as well as social hierarchy are present through out the entirety of each work to convey a larger more profound meaning. John Steinbeck, author of Of Men and Men, and Federico Fellini, director of La Strada, use similar archetypal to convey their own intention for their works. The use of grotesques in both works takes form in the characters Lennie and Gelsomina. Each of the two characters suffers from their own flaw that

Nancy Cartwright came to Ohio University to introduce her debut film “In Search of Fellini.” She co-wrote and was executive producer on the film. Although Nancy has always considered herself a filmmaker, here most notable work has been in the field of voice acting, best know for her character Bart Simpson on “The Simpsons.” The movie “In Search of Fellini” is a coming of age drama based primarily off Nancy Cartwright’s pervious experiences in life, seeing how the movie loosely mimics a portrait