Fellini of the Spirits

Aug 31, 2020

1h 30m

★ 6.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Animation

Production Companies

Mad Entertainment

Walking The Dog

Cineteca del Comune di Bologna

RAI

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Cast

Self

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

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