Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.
Direction
Fellini stages his own creative anxiety like a circus act.
Cinematography
Rome at night has never looked more like a personal nightmare.
Director
Federico Fellini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fellini shot this for NBC television, which explains the runtime and the slightly unhinged 'introduce myself to Americans' energy throughout.
This essentially invented the 'making-of' documentary as personal essay — every director's self-mythologizing YouTube video owes it rent.
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