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Fellini: A Director’s Notebook

1969 · 54 min

A dreamy, meandering tour through a filmmaker's mind, drifting between real Roman streets and staged oddities with playful, self-mocking curiosity.

Overview: Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.
How it feels: Whimsical, absurd, satirical and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Art, identity, obsession, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
identity
obsession
memory
madness
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild