Fellini: A Director's Notebook

1969 American film
  • 11 April 1969 (1969-04-11)[1]
Running time
54 minutesCountriesUnited States
ItalyLanguageEnglish

Fellini: A Director's Notebook (Italian: Bloc-notes di un regista) is an Italian documentary for television directed by Federico Fellini shot in 16mm and first broadcast in the United States on NBC in 1969, on NBC Experiment in Television.

Plot

Commissioned by NBC television producer Peter Goldfarb in 1968 to do an hour-long program on his work, Fellini filmed a "sort of semihumourous introduction"[2] to past and future plans: the recently abandoned project, The Voyage of G. Mastorna, and his latest work-in-progress, Fellini Satyricon.[3]

Cast

  • Federico Fellini as himself
  • Giulietta Masina as herself
  • Marcello Mastroianni as himself
  • Caterina Boratto as herself
  • Marina Boratto as Script girl
  • Genius the Medium as himself
  • David Maumsell as the Archaeology professor

Home media

This film is released in home media as part of Criterion Collection's Essential Fellini box.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Pettigrew, 171
  2. ^ Alpert, 202
  3. ^ Kezich, 278
  4. ^ "Essential Fellini". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2022-03-23.

Bibliography

  • Fellini, Federico, and Damian Pettigrew (ed). I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. ISBN 0-8109-4617-3
  • Alpert, Hollis (1988). Fellini: A Life. New York: Paragon House. ISBN 1-55778-000-5
  • Kezich, Tullio (2006). Fellini: His Life and Work. New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-21168-5

External links

  • Fellini: A Director's Notebook at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Federico Fellini filmography
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  • Giulietta Masina (wife)
  • Paparazzi
  • E il Casanova di Fellini? (1975 documentary)
  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002 documentary
  • 2003 book)
  • How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013 documentary)


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