The Films of Federico Fellini (Cambridge Film Classics) [Hardcover]

Peter Bondanella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0521573254 | ISBN-13: 978-0521573252 | Edition: 1

This study examines the career of one of Italy's most renowned filmmakers through close analysis of five masterpieces that span his career: La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Amarcord and Interview. Providing an overview of Fellini's early career as a cartoonist and scriptwriter for Neorealist directors such as Roberto Rosselini, it traces the development of his unique and personal cinematic vision as it transcends Italian Neorealism. Rejecting an overtly ideological approach to Fellini's cinema, Bondanella emphasizes the director's interest in fantasy, the irrational, and individualism.

Editorial Reviews

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"Bondanella (Indiana Univ.) provides an insightful survey of Fellini's life and works, from his neo-realist and industrial scriptwriting to his TV commercials for the Bank of Rome. The author offers what this reviewer considers to be the best analysis to date of each of five representative features." Choice

Book Description

The Films of Federico Fellini examines the career of one of Italy's most renowned filmmakers through close analysis of five masterpieces that span his career: La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Amarcord, and Interview. Providing an overview of Fellini's early career as a cartoonist and scriptwriter for Neorealist directors such as Roberto Rosselini, this study traces the development of Fellini's unique and personal cinematic vision as it transcends Italian Neorealism. Rejecting an overtly ideological approach to Fellini's cinema, Bondanella emphasizes the director's interest in fantasy, the irrational, and individualism.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (February 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521573254
• ISBN-13: 978-0521573252
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,690,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Until his retirement in 2007, Peter Bondanella was Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Film Studies, and Italian at Indiana University. A member of the European Academy of Sciences and the Arts and past President of the American Association for Italian Studies, Bondanella has written numerous books and articles on Italian literature and cinema and has translated or edited a number of Italian literary classics (Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Cellini, Vasari). His latest works are A HISTORY OF ITALIAN CINEMA and NEW ESSAYS ON UMBERTO ECO (Eco is shown in the photo on the left with Bondanella on the right). Bondanella now lives in Utah's desert country (St. George, UT) with his two Italian greyhounds Dante and Gianluca and his wife Julia.