2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyday of mid-20th century. Fellini had always been a mysterious director, not only in his cryptic symbolism but also in his idiosyncratic, excessive mixture of psychoanalysis, Catholicism and faith in the mysterious. In this documentary, his relationship with the paranormal, luck and fate, alongside the coexistence of organized discourse and transcendence to the imaginary, is examined via friends, collaborators and distinguished fans (Friedkin, Gilliam, Chazelle). A great testimony to why rationalists and ideologists have a hard time with his work, ‘Fellini and the Spirits’ is an appropriate yet unexpected tribute.
Genres:
Federico Fellini as Self (archive footage)
Terry Gilliam as Self
Filippo Ascione as Self
Damien Chazelle as Self
William Friedkin as Self
Andrea Minuz as Self
Fiammetta Profili as Self
Aldo Tassone as Self
Sergio Zavoli as Self
Gigi Proietti as Self
Andrea De Carlo as Self
Marina Cicogna as Self
Made by edimario