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Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969)

Fellini: A Director's Notebook poster
Original title
Block-notes di un regista
Directed by
Federico Fellini
Genre
documentary film
Country
Italy, United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Federico Fellini makes a documentary about making a documentary. He wanders around Rome talking to actors and crew about his unfinished film projects. The film mixes staged scenes and real conversations.

self-reflectiveplayfulwhimsicalfragmentedpersonalimprovisationaltheatricalintimate

What happens

Fellini: A Director's Notebook (Italian: Bloc-notes di un regista) is an Italian documentary for television directed by Federico Fellini shot in 16mm and first broadcast in the United States on NBC in 1969, on NBC Experiment in Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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