 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
 |
 |
Biography of Federico FelliniName: Federico FelliniBirth Date: 1920 Death Date: October 31, 1993 Place of Birth: Rimini, Italy Nationality: Italian Gender: Male Occupations: filmmaker, director Federico Fellini The Italian film director Federico Fellini (1920-1993) began as an exponent of poetic neorealism and later became the cinema's undisputed master of psychological expressionism and surrealist fantasy.Federico Fellini was born of middle-class family on the rocky Adriatic coast of Rimini. At the age of 12 he ran away from home to join a traveling circus and in following years supported himself as a minor stage actor, newspaper cartoonist, and radio scriptwriter. Shortly after his marriage to actress Giulietta Masina, who would later play important roles in several of his major films, Fellini was asked by the noted actor and director Aldo Fabrizi to collaborate with him on several motion picture scenarios.In 1945 Fabrizi introduced Fellini to the celebrated cinema director Roberto Rosselini, who offered him the opportunity to work on the script and serve as assistant director of Open City, a powerfully realistic work which depicted the Italian underground resistance to …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…exuberant spontaneity, Fellini's works, at their best, possess an emotional authenticity and intuitive intelligence commensurate with the dazzling brilliance of their surfaces. Fellini's greatest work was appreciated most during the 1950s through early 1970s, and he was considered a major innovator in cinematic production. Further Reading Constanzo Constantini, Conversations with Fellini, translated by Sohrab Sorooshian, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1997; and Peter E. Bondanell, editor, Critical Essays on Federico Fellini, G.K. Hall & Co., 1993, are useful studies of Fellini's life and work, as is Peter Bondanella, The Cinema of Federico Fellini, Princeton University Press, 1992. Deena Boyer, The Two Hundred Days of 8 1/2 (1964), is a fascinating diary about the creation of the movie. Perceptive analyses of Fellini's art are in the relevant sections of John Simon, Acid Test (1963); Stanley Kauffmann, A World on Film (1966); Pauline Kael, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968); Dwight Macdonald, Dwight Macdonald on Movies (1969); and Robert Richardson, Literature and Film (1969). |