Federico Fellini Libri

"Il Libro dei sogni" è un "diario", tenuto da Federico Fellini dalla fine degli anni Sessanta fino all'agosto 1990, in cui il grande regista ha registrato fedelmente i suoi sogni e incubi notturni sotto forma di disegni, o nella sua stessa definizione di "segnacci, appunti affrettati e sgrammaticati". Coloratissimo viaggio negli sterminati territori della fantasia di un genio, questo volume ha aggiunto un fondamentale tassello allo studio dell'esperienza creativa del grande regista. Un libro pubblicato in collaborazione con la Fondazione Fellini di Rimini, in cui le pagine illustrate sono precedute dall'introduzione di Tullio Kezich e seguite da una nota di Vincenzo Mollica, massimi esperti e amici personali del maestro scomparso.

Exploring themes of mortality and the mystery of death, this script provides a unique glimpse into Federico Fellini's creative process for his unmade film, The Journey of G. Mastorna. Collaborating with notable writers, Fellini's vision reflects his ongoing preoccupation with existential questions, even as the project was ultimately abandoned due to various circumstances, including his near-fatal experience. The publication of this script in English translation allows readers to appreciate the depth of Fellini's imagination and its influence on his later works.

"Provides a well-rounded view of Fellini. . . . The material interestingly helps clarify Fellini's film work, and his fans will enjoy this stimulating and intellectual 'biography.'"--Library JournalOne of the greatest Italian filmmakers, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) created such masterpieces as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, and Amarcord. His prodigious body of work evokes Pirandello, existentialism, "the silence of God," as well as show business. Critics have accused him of being a charlatan, hypocrite, clown, and demon, and have hailed him as a magician, poet, genius, and prophet. 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.

Federico Fellini's script for perhaps the most famous unmade film in Italian cinema, The Journey of G. Mastorna (1965/6), is published here for the first time in full English translation. It offers the reader a remarkable insight into Fellini's creative process and his fascination with human mortality and the great mystery of death.

Federico Fellini (Italy, 1920-1993) is a major figure in the history of cinema, who created his own highly personal and baroque cinematic language. He had his first major success in 1954 with La Strada, in which his wife and favourite actress Giulietta Masina plays the unforgettable Gelsomina, an innocent clown who falls prey to the violence of the