Federico Fellini
born 20 jan 1920 / died 31 oct 1993
Fellini is one of my dearest film directors
my most loved film made by him is Satyricon,
those colors, this creativity, those emotions
wonderful!
both hands full of earth & dreams
i like also E La Nave Va - filmed poetry
from the older films is 8 1/2 my favourite
but on the other side i don't like La Strada at all, argh ...
what i like in Fellini's films is the mixture of reality & fiction
dream & the profaneness of life
where imagined things seems real because they are filmed real
the border between imagination & reality is not clear
the reality of the inside, the thoughts & feelings is for Fellini the same real,
maybe even more real than the "objective" materiality
what i like further is the italian way of life
near to the fleshy side, the things & people are not stylish, but fleshy
not polished beauty was interesting for Fellini,
but curious, different, sometimes even screwed up faces & bodies
i guess in the end it has a lot to do with La Strada,
the imagined gloriousness among the cheap reality of circus
the diversity of the human life was interesting for Fellini
& that's because i feel in his films at home
just a small bunch of links for the beginning:
Federico Fellini internet Fan Club italian/english/spanish
Fondazione Federico Fellini - italian
Fellini in ARD
some fotos from behind the scenes to E La Nave Va
08 may 2002