A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
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Roberto Benigni as Self - La Voce della Luna
Luigi 'Titta' Benzi as Self - Ami d'enfance
Italo Calvino as Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
Dante Ferretti as Self - Chef décorateur
Rinaldo Geleng as Self - Peintre
Terence Stamp as Self - Toby Dammit
Donald Sutherland as Self - Casanova
Tullio Pinelli as Self - Scénariste
Giuseppe Rotunno as Self - Directeur de la photographie
Daniel Toscan du Plantier as Self - Producteur
Federico Fellini as Self (archive footage)
Nanni Moretti as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claudia Cardinale as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alain Cuny as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ennio Flaiano as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ettore Manni as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Giulietta Masina as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marcello Mastroianni as Giuseppe Mastorna (archive footage) (uncredited)
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