Essential Fellini.
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Fellini, Federico film director,
Lattuada, Alberto, 1914-2005, film director,
Tatò, Anna Maria, film director,
Pinelli, Tullio, screenwriter.
Flaiano, Ennio, 1910-1972 screenwriter.
Published
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2020.
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Special edition collector's set.
ISBN
9781681437750, 1681437759
Physical Desc
15 Blu-rays (approximately 1,885 min.) : sound, color, and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets.
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Lawson McGhee Library - Foreign Films - Media collection
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Published
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2020.
Edition
Special edition collector's set.
Language
ita
ISBN
9781681437750, 1681437759
UPC
715515252515

Notes

General Note
Film credits from accompanying booklet.
General Note
Fellini Satyricon from the book by Gaius Petronius Arbiter.
General Note
Various aspect ratios.
General Note
Special features: (Variety lights) 'Fellini: I'm a born liar,' a feature-length documentary from 2002 by Damian Pettigrew that provides an unorthodox introduction to Federico Fellini's life and work that features extensive interviews with the director himself; First episode of "Second look," André Delvaux's 1960 series of interviews with Fellini for Belgian television. (The white sheik) Interviews from 2002 with actors Brunella Bovo and Leopoldo Trieste, and Fellini friend and collaborator Moraldo Rossi; Archival audio interviews of Fellini and his friends and family, conducted by critic Gideon Bachmann. (I vitteloni) 'Vitellonismo,' a 2004 documentary featuring interviews with actors Leopoldo Trieste and Franco Interlenghi, assistant director Moraldo Rossi, Fellini biographer Tullio Kezich, Fellini friend Vincenzo Mollica, and former director of the Fellini Foundation Vittorio Boarini; Presentation of 'I vitelloni' ephemera from the "Felliniani" archive of collector Don Young; Second episode of "Second look," André Delvaux's 1960 series of interviews with Fellini for Belgian television; trailer. (La strada) Introduction from 2003 by filmmaker Martin Scorsese; Audio commentary from 2003 by Peter Bondanella, author of 'The cinema of Federico Fellini'; "Federico Fellini's autobiography," a documentary originally broadcast on Italian television in 2000; Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack, featuring the voices of Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart; trailer. (Il bidone) New audio commentary by Fellini scholar Frank Burke; Interview from 2013 with filmmaker Dominique Delouche. (Nights of Cabiria) 'Giulietta Masina: the power of a smile,' an hour-long documentary from 2004; Third episode of "Second look," André Delvaux's 1960 series of interviews with Fellini for Belgian television; Interview from 1999 with filmmaker Dominique Delouche; Audio interview from 1998 with producer Dino De Laurentiis; Trailers. (La dolce vita) Interview from 2014 with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, an assistant director on the film; Interview from 2014 with scholar David Forgacs about the period in Italian history when the film was made; Interview from 2014 with journalist Antonello Sarno; Interview from 1965 with Fellini; Presentation of 'La dolce vita' ephemera from the "Felliniana" archive of collector Don Young; Video essay from 2014 by filmmaker Kogonada; Fourth episode of "Second look," André Delvaux's 1960 series of interviews with Fellini for Belgian television; Documentary from 2009 by Antoine de Gaudemaron on the making of 'La dolce vita,' featuring archival footage and interviews with actor Anouk Aimée and assistant director Dominique Delouche, among others. (8 1/2) Introduction from 2001 by filmmaker Terry Gilliam; Audio commentary from 2001 featuring film critics Gideon Bachmann and Antonio Monda; 'The last sequence,' a 2003 documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for '8 1/2'; 'Nino Rota: between cinema and concert,' a 1993 documentary about Fellini's longtime composer; Interviews from 2001 with actor Sandra Milo, filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro; Rare photographs from Bachmann's collection; Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos; U.S. theatrical trailer. (Juliet of the spirits) 4K restoration of 'Toby Dammit,' Fellini's contribution to a 1968 omnibus film based on tales by Edgar Allan Poe; 'Fellini: a director's notebook,' a film by Fellini from 1969, newly restored in 4K; 'Reporter's diary: "Zoom on Fellini,"' a behind-the-scenes documentary; "Familiar spirits," a 1969 interview with Fellini by '8 1/2' actor Ian Dallas; Trailer. (Fellini Satyricon) Audio commentary from 2014 featuring an adaptation of Eileen Lanouette Hughe's 1971 memoir 'On the set of "Fellini Satyricon": a behind-the-scenes diary'; 'Ciao, Federico!,' Gideon Bachmann's documentary shot on the set of 'Fellini Satyricon'; Archival interviews with Fellini; Interview from 2011 with cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno; Documentary from 2014 about Fellini's adaptation of Petronius's work, featuring interviews with classicists Luca Canali, a consultant on the film, and Joanna Paul; Interview from 2014 with photographer Mary Ellen Mark about her experiences on the set and her iconic photographs of Fellini and his film; Presentation of 'Fellini Satyricon' ephemera from the "Felliniana" archive of collector Don Young; Trailer. (Roma) Audio commentary from 2016 featuring Fellini scholar Frank Burke; Deleted scenes; Interview from 2016 with filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino; Interview from 2016 with poet and Fellini friend Valerio Magrelli; Presentation of 'Roma' ephemera from the "Felliniana" archive of collector Don Young; Trailer. (Amarcord) Audio commentary from 2006 by film scholars Peter Brunette and Frank Burke; 'The secret diary of "Amarcord,"' a 1974 behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film; Deleted scene; 'Fellini's homecoming,' a documentary from 2006 on the relationship between the director and his hometown; Interview from 2006 with actor Magali Noël; Fellini's drawings of characters from the film; Presentation of 'Amarcord' ephemera from the "Felliniana" archive of collector Don Young; Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack; U.S. theatrical trailer. (And the ship sails on) "Fellini racconta: Diary of a film," a behind-the-scenes documentary from 1983. (Intervista) "Fellini's TV," a 2003 Italian television documentary on Fellini's work in television advertising during the 1980s; "Fellini racconta: Passeggiate nella memoria," an Italian television documentary produced in 2000 and featuring several interviews with late-in-life Fellini looking back on his career; "At home with Federico Fellini," a 1987 interview with Fellini on the importance of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel 'Amerika' to 'Intervista'; Audio interview from the early sixties with actor Marcello Mastroianni by film critic Gideon Bachmann.
General Note
Accompanying booklets: Guide to the films / text by David Forgacs (79 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm); Essential Fellini: essays (Introduction / by Bilge Ebiri -- Dreams and reality: Primary sources / by Michael Almereyda -- Rome and Rimini: Imagined homes / by Colm Tóibin -- Angels and demons: Life on earth / by Carol Morley -- Women and men: Tough love / by Stephanie Zacharek -- Life and death: There is no end / by Kogonada) (144 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm).
Creation/Production Credits
Variety lights: cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Mario Bonotti ; music, Felice Lattuada ; sets and costumes, Aldo Buzzi.
Creation/Production Credits
The white sheik: cinematography, Arturo Gallea ; editing, Rolando Benedetti ; music, Nino Rota.
Creation/Production Credits
I vitelloni: cinematography, Otello Martelli, Luciano Trasatti, Carlo Carlini ; editing, Rolando Benedetti ; music, Nino Rota.
Creation/Production Credits
La strada: cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Leo Catozzo ; music, Nino Rota.
Creation/Production Credits
Il bidone: cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Mario Serandrei, Giuseppe Vari ; music, Nino Rota ; production design, Dario Cecchi.
Creation/Production Credits
Nights of Cabiria: cinematography, Aldo Tonti ; editing, Leo Catozzo ; music, Nino Rota ; production design and costumes, Piero Gherardi.
Creation/Production Credits
La dolce vita: cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Leo Catozzo ; music, Nino Rota ; production design and costumes, Piero Gherardi.
Creation/Production Credits
8 1/2: cinematography, Gianni Di Venanzo ; editing, Leo Catozzo ; music, Nino Rota ; production design, Piero Gherardi.
Creation/Production Credits
Juliet of the spirits: cinematography, Gianni Di Venanzo ; editing, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Nino Rota ; production design and costumes, Piero Gherardi.
Creation/Production Credits
Fellini Satyricon: cinematography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editing, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Nino Rota, İlhan Mimaroğlu, Tod Dockstader, Andrew Rudin ; production design, Danilo Donati, Luigi Scaccianoce ; costumes, Danilo Donati.
Creation/Production Credits
Roma: cinematography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editing, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Nino Rota ; production design and costumes, Danilo Donati.
Creation/Production Credits
Amarcord: cinematography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editing, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Nino Rota ; production design and costumes, Danilo Donati.
Creation/Production Credits
And the ship sails on: cinematography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editing, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Gianfranco Plenizio ; production design, Dante Ferretti ; costumes, Maurizio Millenotti.
Creation/Production Credits
Intervista: cinematography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editing, Nino Baragli ; music, Nicola Piovani ; production design and costumes, Danilo Donati.
Creation/Production Credits
Marcello Mastroianni: I remember: cinematography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editing, Anna Maria Tatò ; music, Armando Trovajoli.
Participants/Performers
Variety lights: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller, Dante Maggio, Checco Durante, Gina Mascetti.
Participants/Performers
White Sheik: Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Ernesto Almirante, Lilia Landi, Fanny Marchiò, Gina Mascetti, Jole Silvani, Enzo Maggio, Ugo Attanasio, Anna Primula, Armando Libianchi.
Participants/Performers
I vitelloni: Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni.
Participants/Performers
La strada: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Livia Venturini.
Participants/Performers
Il bidone: Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, Sue Ellen Blake, Irene Cefaro, Alberto De Amicis, Lorella De Luca, Giacomo Gabrielli, Riccardo Garrone.
Participants/Performers
Nights of Cabiria: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray, Amedeo Nazzari, Aldo Silvani, Mario Passante.
Participants/Performers
La dolce vita: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Annibale Ninchi, Walter Santesso, Lex Barker, Nadia Gray, Valeria Ciangottini, Riccardo Garrone, Audrey McDonald, Polidor, Enrico Glori.
Participants/Performers
8 1/2: Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Sandra Milo, Anouk Aimée, Barbara Steele, Caterina Boratto, Claudia Cardinale, Eddra Gale.
Participants/Performers
Juliet of the spirits: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valeska Gert, Sylva Koscina, Friedrich von Ledebur, Valentina Cortese, José Luis de Villalonga, Caterina Boratto, Lou Gilbert, Luisa Della Noce, Milena Vukotic.
Participants/Performers
Fellini Satyricon: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Mario Romagnoli, Magali Noël, Capucine, Alain Cuny, Fanfulla, Danica La Loggia, Lucia Bosé, Joseph Wheeler, Tanya Lopert, Hylette Adolphe, Gordon Mitchell, Luigi Montefiori, Marcello di Folco, Elisa Mainardi, Donyale Luna, Carlo Giordana.
Participants/Performers
Roma: Peter Gonzales, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses, Renato Giovannoli, Dennis Christopher, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Elliott Murphy, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Gore Vidal, John Francis Lane, Federico Fellini.
Participants/Performers
Amarcord: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei, Luigi Rossi, Bruno Zanin, Gianfilippo Carcano, Josiane Tanzilli, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Giuseppe Ianigro, Ferruccio Brembilla.
Participants/Performers
And the ship sails on: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier, Elisa Mainardi, Norma West, Paolo Paoloni, Sarah Jane Varley.
Participants/Performers
Intervista: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori, Lara Wendel, Antonio Cantafora, Nadia Ottaviani, Anita Ekberg, Marcello Mastroianni.
Description
Variety lights: A beautiful and ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.
Description
The white sheik: During a day in their honeymoon, a couple is separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.
Description
I vitelloni: Details a year in the life of five young men lingering in post-adolescent limbo, dreaming of adventure and escape from their small town and struggling to find meaning in their lives.
Description
La strada: A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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Il bidone: A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
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Nights of Cabiria: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Description
La dolce vita: A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome.
Description
8 1/2: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Description
Juliet of the spirits: Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
Description
Fellini Satyricon: A series of mythical tales set in first century Rome, following Encolpius and his friend Ascyltus as they try to win the heart of a young boy name Gitón with a surreal and dream-like Roman landscape.
Description
Roma: A procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.
Description
Amarcord: A semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano in 1930s Fascist Italy.
Description
And the ship sail on: In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Description
Intervista: Federico Fellini accepts the request of a television crew to be interviewed about his career, narrating memories, dreams, realities and fantasies.
Description
Marcello Mastroianni: I remember: In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor, includeing stories about Fellini and De Sica as directors.
Target Audience
Not rated except Fellini Satyricon, Roma, Amarcord (MPAA rating: R), And the ship sails on (MPAA rating: PG).
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
In Italian with English subtitles.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1957: [La strada] Best Foreign Language Film.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1958: [Nights of Cabiria] Best Foreign Language Film.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1964: [8 1/2] Best Foreign Language Film.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1975: [Amarcord] Best Foreign Language Film.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1957: [Nights of Cabiria] Best Actress (Giulietta Masina) ; OCIC Award - Special Mention (Federico Fellini).
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1960: [La dolce vita] Palme d'Or (Federico Fellini).
Awards
Golden Globes, 1966: [Juliet of the spirits] Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film.
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 1953: [I Vitteloni] Silver Lion (Federico Fellini).
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 1954: [La strada] OCIC Award - Honorable Mention (Federico Fellini) ; Silver Lion (Federico Fellini).
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 1969: [Fellini Satyricon] Pasinetti Award - Best Italian Film.

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