FILM 4511 - Great Directors: Fellini

5 credit hours
Formerly - FILM 401

A study of one of the most radical, controversial, and influential directors in the history of film, from his early days as a runaway circus follower, to his early “neo-realist” films, to his ultimate development as the most powerful, fanciful, and perhaps most misunderstood of surrealistic, expressionist filmmakers. In his most famous films, La Dolce Vita and 8 ½, he raises some profound questions regarding the relationship of an “auteur” filmmaker to the movies he creates. ST