And it’s great, and I love it,īut I’m not a director and neither are most people. Is very much a film about a director’s dreams. “You shouldĨ ½, about a director struggling to dream up a film, Transcendently, into the Italian cloud, until a rope wraps itself around his legĪnd yanks him back to earth. It’s a rush-hour scene, with a thousand lifeless commuters trapped in theirĬars – our protagonist scrambles to get out of his, and then floats, Still muttering and the lights had only just dimmed, Fellini went full-on Dada. In the opening scene, while the audience was Of theatricality though: people like Anita Ekberg’s Sylvia, her long dressįamously flowing through the Trevi Fountain, just don’t exist in real life.īut then came 8 ½ (1964). Last gasp of real-life air before his plunge into unreality. (1954) is a good early example, stuffed as it is with the kind of over-sizedĮccentrics and magical elegance Dickens would be proud of.ġ960’s La Dolce Vita was maybe the hinge – Fellini’s Neorealism, and this seed germinated as he directed his own films. Rome, Open City and Paisan, otherwise pillars of sombre His films always have a touch of the fantastical about them.Īs screenwriter, he manged to inject a subtle romance into Roberto Rossellini’s And I think the person who did it best was Federico Fellini. I think much of the best work surrealism ever produced was Speak of (it’s hard to become emotionally invested in a melting clock-face),Īnd a breezily playful disdain for fixity of meaning. Dada, DalíĪnd so on bizarre juxtapositions and ambiguous non-sequiturs. We normally think of surrealism in terms of art. And when we want to over-think, to daydream, to fantasise, the limitations of reality make it quite an unsuitable territory in which to plant our mental playground. Gallucci-Cirio Library at Fitchburg State University, the Fitchburg Public Library and the Leominster Public Library.I, for one, am happy to admit that the last few months have been quite bizarre, and I’ve certainly been over-thinking, daydreaming and fantasising more than I usually do. +13017158592,98528973919#,*126966# US (Washington DC)įellini 101: Conversations with Fred Plotkin is presented with the generous support of Fitchburg State University’s Center for Italian Culture and the Sandro and Lillian Clementi Lecture Fund, in collaboration with the Amelia V. If you are not a Fitchburg State student, faculty or staff member and would like to view the films, please contact the Leominster Public Library and the Fitchburg Public Library for assistance.
FILM FEDERICO FELLINI FULL
The Fitchburg State Community has access to the films through the library's streaming film database Kanopy. Fitchburg State community members can click on the links below to access the films.Īfter clicking on the link, you will be prompted to login with your full FSU email address and password (the same as you do to access your FSU Google accounts).
FILM FEDERICO FELLINI FOR FREE
The films in the series will be available to stream for free to Fitchburg State students, faculty and staff members, and will also be made available through the Fitchburg Public Library and Leominster Public Library. This virtual event will allow his local fans another opportunity to learn about another treasured cultural export from Italy, that being the cinema of Federico Fellini. Visits from Plotkin, a celebrated writer on opera, food, and all things Italian, have become a Fitchburg State tradition, including more than 10 years of presentations where he guided visitors on culinary tours of Italy. The third film, Amarcord, will be discussed on Sunday, May 16.