Fellini: A Director's Notebook

Fellini: A Director's Notebook
Directed by	Federico Fellini
Screenplay by	Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi English dialogue by Eugene Walter
Story by	Federico Fellini
Produced by	NBC Productions Int'l Peter Goldfarb
Starring	Giulietta Masina Marcello Mastroianni Caterina Boratto David Maumsell
Cinematography	Pasquale de Santis
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Nino Rota
Release date	11 April 1969
Running time	60 minutes
Countries	United States Italy
Language	Italian

Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969) is an Italian documentary directed by Federico Fellini shot in 16mm and first broadcast in the United States on NBC.

Plot

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

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

References

Bibliography

• 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