Federico Fellini: Comments on Film

by Federico Fellini, Giovanni Grazzini (Editor), Joseph Henry (Translator)

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Genres: Film

231 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, which lists his 1963 film ​8 1⁄2 as the 10th-greatest film.

Reviews

[Carolina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A través de la entrevista se revelan aspectos de Fellini como por ejemplo por qué no le gustan las entrevistas, por qué no vuelve a ver sus películas, cómo procede en sus filmaciones, qué piensa del cine actual. Muy interesante apreciación de la belleza:
“Lo bello sería menos engañoso e insidioso si se comenzara a considerar bello todo aquello que provoca una emoción con independencia de los cánones establecidos”.

[Mansour · Rating 3 out of 5]

کابیریا می پذیرد که با اتوموبیل کوچک مرد کیسه به دست به خانه برگردد و از داستانهایی که مرد برایش حکایت میکند بسیار متأثر می شود. فصل کوچک تکان دهنده ای بود، که مجبور به حذفش شدم: ظاهرا، در برخی از محافل کاتولیک، ناراحت بودند که به بشر دوستی کاملا غیرعادی بی کمترین ارتباط با تفکرات کلیسایی، ارج نهاده شود.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic man who makes fantastic films. He's clever and witty almost as if by accident, free of pretention. He seems to express this unexpected humility for his life and work that makes him so endearing. Yet through his humility you get the sense that every word is incredibly insightful and that his view of the world is uniquely his. I will post some of my favorite bits of the interview for a taste...

"I couldn't stand Humphrey Bogart. I couldn't understand how someone could always be so angry that he even wore his trench coat to bed."

When talking about Buster Keaton..."His main strength is in suggesting a point of view, a completely different outlook, almost a philosophy, a different religion that overturns and ridicules all fixed and rigid formulas and ideas -- a comic character directly out of Zen Buddhism."

"Only faith in something, or someone, hidden within us, can inspire the mysterious work of creation -- someone little known, a wise and subtle part of us, working within us. We help that unknown part by trusting in it, by accepting it, by letting it work for us. That feeling of trust, I think, can be defined as religious feeling."

"like that other time in Padua, at two o'clock on an August afternoon, when all alone I saw on a church door an enormous poster with a black border and the inscription: "Let us pray for the salvation of the soul of Federico Fellini, public sinner"

"I am concerned with day to day living, with how much I can do while I am alive. All the rest seems like mere speculation to me."

[Sergio Pascual · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro recoge una entrevista que le hizo Giovanni Grazzini en 1985, tocando varios palos pero especialmente sobre sus películas. Nos adentramos un poco en el gran iceberg del pensamiento de uno de los mejores directores de cine de la historia. Una manera particular de hacer cine que creó escuela, mezclando los sueños con la realidad.

[Ehsan Movahed · Rating 3 out of 5]

باور دارم که حرفه ای که در آن کار می کنم مرا به صورتی کاملا طبیعی به سوی احساسی مذهبی سوق می داد.... چه کسی ما را به ماجرای خلاقیت می کشاند؟...هیچ مگر اعتقاد به چیزی، یا کسی که در اعماق ما نفهته است، کسی که فقط اندکی می شناسیم، بخشی پنهان کار و فرزانه از ما، که به جای ما به کار مشغول است، فقط این ایمان می تواند عملیاتی تا این حد مرموز را عنایت کند. این بخش ناشناس ما، که با اعتماد به او و لگام نزدن به او، و آزاد گذاشتنش، کمکش می کنیم. در این حس اعتماد، به گمان من، می توان حسی مذهبی دید.

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برای یونگ، نماد وسیله بیان آنچه است که بیان ناشدنی ست، آنهم به روشی مبهم. برای فروید، روشی است برای پنهان داشتن آنچه بیانش مجاز نیست....تکرار می کنم که در اینجا بحث بر سر دو نحوه ی متفاوت گرایش روح بشر است: روش خاص یونگ برایم جذاب تر است.

[fatoş · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sinema - Edebiyat İlişkisi Üzerine
Sinema, en iyi varsayımla bile her seferinde hayali, kopya resimler gibi üstüste çakışmalara ihtiyacı olmayan özerk bir sanat dalıdır. Her sanat eseri, algıladığı ve ifadesini onda bulduğu boyutta yaşar. Bir kitaba ne basılır? Durumlar... Ancak, bu durumlar, kendileri olmadan, hiçbir anlam taşımazlar. Önemli olan, bu durumların ifade edildiği duygulardır, yani hayalgücüdür, ortamdır, ışıktır ve sonuç olarak bunların yorumudur. Oysa bu olguların kağıt üzerindeki yorumunun, bu olguların sinematografik yorumu ile hiçbir ilgisi yoktur. Birbirinden tümüyle farklı iki ifade biçimi söz konusudur.

[Gazelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was as interesting as one of his movies. The careless way he answered the questions makes you smile often while you read the book, and when he talks about people and illustrate their characteristics he just drown you into his personal world.