Fellini: A Director's Notebook

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Fellini: A Director's Notebook
Directed byFederico Fellini
Screenplay byFederico Fellini
Bernardino Zapponi English dialogue by Eugene Walter
Story byFederico Fellini
Produced byNBC Productions Int'l
Peter Goldfarb
StarringGiulietta Masina
Marcello Mastroianni
Caterina Boratto
David Maumsell
CinematographyPasquale de Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byNino Rota
Release date
11 April 1969
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageItalian

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"[1] to past and future plans: the recently abandoned project, The Voyage of G. Mastorna, and his latest work-in-progress, Fellini Satyricon.[2]

Cast

Giulietta Masina as herself Federico Fellini as himself 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

Notes

  1. ^ Alpert, 202
  2. ^ Kezich, 278

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


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