Federico Fellini: filmography, biography

A huge contribution to the development of cinematography was made by Federico Fellini. The filmography of this director has a little more than twenty tapes, but during his life he received many awards - "Golden Palm", "Golden Globe", Oscar, "Golden Lion" of the Venice Festival. Fellini is a recognized innovator and classic of world cinema, his name symbolizes the highest professional style, capable of conquering anyone.

Federico Fellini. Biography

Federico Fellini was born in 1920, January 20, in the Italian resort town of Rimini. In his childhood he was fond of drawing. He was very fond of the circus and arranged at home performances. Education future director received a classic, after studying for a reporter in Florence. In 1938 he moved to Rome, where he earned writing texts for advertising, variety shows, radio shows and drawings for magazines and newspapers.

In 1943, he wrote texts for a radio broadcast about a couple of lovers. Federico offered to film this story. On set, he met his wife, Juliette Mazina. Together they lived for 50 years.

Early Creativity

Fellini became acquainted with Roberto Rossellini when he traded in cartoons in a small shop. Roberto shared his plans for shooting a short film about a priest who was shot by fascists. Federico suggested deepening the idea and helped write a script for the movie "Rome, an open city." The tape had a tremendous success and laid the foundation for a new genre in cinema - neo-realism. Fellini has gained fame as a good screenwriter.

In 1950, the director participated in the creation of the film "Fires Variety." You can say that it was with this film as a director that Fellini began. His filmography starts with this picture, but he himself thought of it for a half, since it is a joint work. In 1952 he wrote a screenplay and shot the film "The White Sheik". In 1953 there were already 2 films - "Love in the City" and "Mama's Sons". The latter successfully went to the cinema. Federico Fellini received the Silver Lion for this work.

"Road"

From this moment, you can start to call the best films by Federico Fellini. Work on the script "Roads" was completed in 1949, but the director was able to start shooting only in 1953. His wife Juliette Mazina and actor Anthony Quinn played the leading roles.

This tape, which brought the director worldwide fame, Oscar for the best film in a foreign language and about 50 different awards, was given Federico very hard. After the shooting was completed, he was morally devastated. This work has brought not only recognition, but also a financial success for Fellini himself.

Filmography continues with the next film, "Scammers", filmed in 1954. He did not attract the attention of the audience. But the "Nights of Cabiria" became another pearl in the work of the director. A little mystical tape about touching and naive love pleased the audience, and the sincere smile of Juliette Mazina in the finale conquered them finally.

"Sweet life"

The film "Sweet Life" can be called a landmark in the work of the director. This picture should be taken as a kind of philosophical parable, which reveals the problems of modern Italian society. The director wanted to show that life, in which alienation, loneliness and disunity reign, is empty. And at the same time, the charm, the sweetness of life is available to all, you just need to be able to see it. This is what Fellini himself believed.

Filmography of the director could end on this tape, because many viewers perceived it as a challenge to society. Bathing in luxury at a time when many people in the country barely make ends meet, has caused a lot of negativity. In the Vatican, the film was also condemned, especially for the striptease scene.

The official Vatican printed weekly published about the film devastating articles, calling it "Ghoulish Life" and threatening to separate from the church everyone who sees it. At one of the premiere spectators spat in the face of the creator of the picture. The protagonist was hotly condemned, offered to ban and destroy the film, and Fellini himself to deprive Italian citizenship.

However, the deafening success of the film abroad and among the democratically-minded Italians made all critics silent, and soon the "Sweet Life" began to be called the symbol of modern Italian cinema. The picture has received wide recognition and many awards. The phrase "Dolce Vita" became synonymous with a beautiful life in many languages of the world, and photographers began to be called "paparazzi", named after one of the characters of Paparazzo. With this film began a close cooperation of the director with Marcello Mastroianni.

"Eight and a half", "Boccaccio-70"

In 1962, the master took part in the filming of the film, which was supposed to recreate the spirit of "Decameron". Four directors shot one film novel, which were combined into a single film - "Boccaccio-70".

The following year, there was enough autobiographical picture "Eight and a half", in which the master tried to show the viewer a confusion in the soul of the artist. The picture tells about the director Guido, who, because of lack of inspiration, can not make his film.

Marcello Mastroianni played the main role in this film and, in fact, embodied the image of Fellini himself. The actor tried to show the hero's longing, his fear of ordinary life.

The premiere took place in Moscow, and the director and his wife visited the Soviet Union for the first time. This work received the Grand Prix of the Film Festival in Moscow, as well as two Oscars and many other awards.

"Juliet and Spirits", "Three steps in delirium"

The film "Juliet and Spirits" the director thought out for several years. He was dedicated to Juliette Masine and created for her. The actress fully revealed her talent in this work, but critics and viewers did not appreciate the picture.

"Three steps in delirium" - the joint work of three directors, filmed one story Edgar Allan Poe. Fellini worked on a story about a British actor who came to Italy to shoot.

"Rome Fellini", "Amarcord"

In 1969, the director recreated the Roman Empire in times of decline in the film "Satyricon Fellini", in 1971 appeared a modest comedy "Clowns". Love for Rome, the master expressed in the light, magical film "Rome Fellini".

About the native city, where the childhood of the director passed, "Amarcord" narrates. This light and funny picture, saturated with a slight touch of nostalgia, instantly won the audience's immense love. She is rightly considered one of the best works of the master.

"Casanova Fellini", "Orchestra rehearsal"

Filmed in 1976, "Casanova" was a disappointment for critics, viewers and the director himself. He admitted that he was reluctant to work on this picture, and Casanova himself disgusted him.

"Rehearsal of the orchestra" in 1979 caused a storm of emotions and responses. Everyone interpreted this picture in his own way. The director shows the society in miniature, as an example of a small orchestra. The tape was filmed in just 16 days in the genre of pseudo-documentary.

Later, creativity and death

In the 80s, only four films were published by the great Fellini. The filmography of the director comes to an end, these works seem to have brought the line under his work. The surreal "City of Women", the historical "And the ship is floating", the twentieth anniversary film "Ginger and Fred" and "Interview", which brings us back to the "Sweet Life". The last film the director made in 1990. This is a story about a harmless lunatic who recently left the hospital - "The Voice of the Moon".

October 15, Fellini suffered a stroke, and on October 31, 1993, he died. He died after the anniversary of the golden wedding with Juliet, having lived with his beloved 50 years and one day. The wife survived the director for only 5 months.