Fellini of the Spirits (2020)

66.76 %
based on 17 user ratings

Released:
2020-08-31

Overview:
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.

Director:
Selma Dell'Olio

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Documentary, Animation

  • Cast:
  • Terry Gilliam
    as
    Self
  • Filippo Ascione
    as
    Self
  • Damien Chazelle
    as
    Self
  • William Friedkin
    as
    Self
  • Andrea Minuz
    as
    Self