2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyday of mid-20th century. Fellini had always been a mysterious director, not only in his cryptic symbolism but also in his idiosyncratic, excessive mixture of psychoanalysis, Catholicism and faith in the mysterious. In this documentary, his relationship with the paranormal, luck and fate, alongside the coexistence of organized discourse and transcendence to the imaginary, is examined via friends, collaborators and distinguished fans (Friedkin, Gilliam, Chazelle). A great testimony to why rationalists and ideologists have a hard time with his work, ‘Fellini and the Spirits’ is an appropriate yet unexpected tribute.
Fellini of the Spirits
August 31, 2020
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Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Terry Gilliam
Self
Filippo Ascione
Self
Damien Chazelle
Self
William Friedkin
Self
Andrea Minuz
Self
Fiammetta Profili
Self
Aldo Tassone
Self
Sergio Zavoli
Self
Gigi Proietti
Self
Andrea De Carlo
Self
Marina Cicogna
Self
Selma Dell'Olio
Director
Selma Dell'Olio
Writer
Antonio Fresa
Original Music Composer
Daniele Botteselle
Director of Photography
Stuart Mabey
Editor