Story :A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
Cast
Roberto BenigniSelf - La Voce della Luna
Luigi 'Titta' BenziSelf - Ami d'enfance
Italo CalvinoSelf - Ecrivain (archive footage)
Dante FerrettiSelf - Chef décorateur
Rinaldo GelengSelf - Peintre
Terence StampSelf - Toby Dammit
Donald SutherlandSelf - Casanova
Tullio PinelliSelf - Scénariste
Giuseppe RotunnoSelf - Directeur de la photographie