 8 1/2 1963  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Madeleine LeBeau, Claudia Cardinale, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Mario Pisu, Neil Robinson, Mino Doro, Caterina Boratto, Guido Alberti
In this excellent film, Director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) struggles with a psychological block in his creative abilities that occurs as he is trying to make a movie. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Alex in Wonderland 1970  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Meg Mazursky, Glenna Sargent, Viola Spolin, Andre Philippe, Michael Lerner, Joan Delaney, Federico Fellini, Jeanne Moreau
Young film director Alex (Donald Sutherland) had a smash hit in his directing debut. Now, with the producers getting in line to offer him another one, Alex ponders on what he REALLY wants to do next, and it may not be a work with mass appeal.
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 Amarcord 1973  R, 127 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Bruno Zanin, Armando Brancia, Pupella Maggio, Giuseppe Ianigro, Magali Noel, Nando Orfei, Ciccio Ingrassia, Luigi Rossi, Gianfilippo Carcano, Josiane Tanzilli
Federico Fellini presents an insightful view of mid-1930s' Italy as seen through the eyes of an adolescent boy. This is the picture of a changing Italy as fascism overtakes the country and received the Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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Boccaccio '70 1962  N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marisa Solinas, Germano Gilioli, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Philippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Alfio Vita
Based on the style of Boccaccio's tales, four popular Italian directors present four tales celebrating womanhood–nudity and all. Some U.S. prints contain only three of the stories.
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Fellini Satyricon 1969  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Romance
aka: Satyricon
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Capucine, Salvo Randone, Mario Romagnoli, Magali Noel, Alain Cuny, Lucia Bose, Fanfulla, Danika La Loggia, Giuseppe Sanvitale
In first-century Rome, Encolpio (Martin Potter) and Ascilto (Hiram Keller) are both trying to seduce a young lad, Gitone (Max Born). Ascilto wins and takes Gitone with him. This leaves Encolpio on his own until later when he and Ascilto are reunited, and they continue encountering hedonistic adventures in and around Rome. This film is a must for Fellini fans. However, others may find it more than a little bit bizarre as the storyline follows surviving fragments of Petronius' original book.
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Intervista 1987  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Federico Fellini's Intervista
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini, Maurizio Mein, Lara Wendel, Paola Liguori, Nadia Ottaviani, Antonella Ponziani, Antonio Cantafora
A Japanese film crew interviews Federico Fellini at Cinecitta–the studio where Fellini filmed his classics–in this mock documentary about the process of movie making.
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Juliet of the Spirits 1965 N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Giulietta Masina, Mario Pisu, Sandra Milo, Caterina Boratto, Sylva Koscina, Lou Gilbert, Valentina Cortese, Jose Luis Villalonga, Friedrich von Ledebur
Juliet (Giulietta Masina) has suspicions that her husband (Mario Pisu) is being unfaithful to her, and to escape unhappiness she lives in a world of fantasies.
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 La Strada 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Livia Venturini, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Mario Passante, Gustavo Giorgi, Anna Primula, Yami Kamadeva
Circus strongman Zampano (Anthony Quinn) meets, buys, marries, and abuses young Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) while using her as his assistant. Later, Gelsomina is influenced by the circus clown Il Matto (Richard Basehart) who becomes upset with the way Zampano treats her. Il Matto offers Gelsomina kindness and asks her to run away with him. But, when Gelsomina remains loyal to Zampano and refuses to leave, her decision will lead to tragedy. This picture won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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The Nights of Cabiria 1957 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari, Dorian Gray, Francois Perier, Aldo Silvani, Ennio Girolami, Mario Passante, Christian Tassou, Franco Fabrizi, Loretta Capitoli, Leo Cattozzo, Dominique Delouche, Giovanna Gattinoni, Pina Gualandri
A young prostitute, Cabiria (Giulietta Masina), lives and works in a working-class area in Rome but dreams of a better life. She suffers many humiliations–among them are being taken advantage of by movie star Alberto Lazzati (Amedeo Nazzari) and then again by an accountant, Oscar (Francois Perier). But, despite her situation in life, Cabiria remains optimistic about the future. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign film.
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 Roma 1972 R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Fellini's Roma
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Federico Fellini, Peter Gonzales, Stefano Majore, Pia De Doses, Renato Giovanneli, Fiona Florence, Marne Maitland, Galliano Sbarra, Alvaro Vitali, Gore Vidal
This semi-autobiographical film looks at Rome as seen by Federico Fellini when he arrived in the city and provides his impressionistic view of life.
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Spirits of the Dead 1968 R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, Louis Malle
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Vincent Price, James Robertson Justice, Anny Duperey, Salvo Randone, Francoise Prevost, Georges Douking, Umberto D'Orsi, Philippe Lemaire, Renzo Palmer, Daniele Vargas
Three separate stories–"Metzengerstein," "William Wilson," and "Toby Dammit" –by Edgar Allan Poe are each directed by top directors: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. This film provides enjoyable viewing and lives up to the reputations of both directors and actors involved in the project.
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Vitelloni 1953 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Young and the Passionate
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo, Lida Baarova, Arlette Sauvage, Jean Brochard, Paola Borboni
This is an excellent Federico Fellini film, perhaps his best, and is taken from his own childhood. Five young men in a small town on the Adriatic Sea have trouble growing up and assuming responsibility.
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The White Sheik 1952 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Lilia Landi, Ernesto Almirante, Fanny Marchio, Gina Mascetti, Enzo Maggio, Ettore Maria Margadonna
Newlyweds Wanda (Brunella Bovo) and Ivan (Leopoldo Trieste) arrive in Rome for a visit, which involves introducing Wanda to the family and visiting the Pope. While the serious Ivan naps, the adventurous Wanda leaves to see her idol, the "White Sheik" Fernando Rivoli (Alberto Sordi), a photo comic-strip hero. Before long, she is whisked off to be in an episode while her husband makes excuses to his relatives for her absence. But The White Sheik isn't the hero of her dreams that she had thought in this light comedy that marks Fellini's first solo directorial effort.
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| 1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. Alex in Wonderland (1970)
3. Amarcord (1973)
4. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
5. City of Women (1980)
6. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
aka: Satyricon
7. Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)
8. Fellini's Casanova (1976)
9. Ginger and Fred (1986)
10. Intervista (1987)
aka: Federico Fellini's Intervista
11. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
12. La Dolce Vita (1960)
13. La Strada (1954)
14. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
15. Orchestra Rehearsal (1979)
16. Roma (1972)
aka: Fellini's Roma
17. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
18. Vitelloni (1953)
aka: The Young and the Passionate
19. The White Sheik (1952)
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