Sky Arte’s production is a tribute that Wes Anderson wishes to pay to one of his favourite directors on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Together with Francesco Zippel, Anderson has retraced some themes close to Fellini’s own approach to cinema.

如果说《想当年》是费里尼对少年时代的回忆，《八部半》是对他中年创作危机的记载，《罗马》是对他所爱的城市的礼赞，那么本片就是他对Cinecitta电影厂的颂歌。

Wes Anderson largely kept tightlipped about his next feature project other than to say it does “have a darkness.” He’s collaborating with Roman Coppola again, who the filmmaker always co-writes with, as well as The Phoenician Scheme star Richard Ayoade on the next title.

A shy small-town Ohio girl who loves movies but dislikes reality, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of Federico Fellini, and sets off on a strange, beautiful journey across Italy to find him.

For the centenary of the great filmmaker,a documentary using clips and interviews which focuses on his search for the spiritual, the mysterious, and the esoteric.

纪录片探秘著名导演费里尼以及他的电影厂Cinecitta的故事，通过采访了和他一起共事过的剧组成员们，刻画了一个幕后的费里尼。导演费鲁乔·卡斯特努沃在1976年到1986年之间，纪录了费里尼创作《卡萨诺瓦》、《女人城》和《船续前行》等电影的幕后。纪录片采访到当时费里尼的合作伙伴们，谈及他们与这位大师的关系，以及与他一起工作和生活的经历，并在40年后将珍贵的影像剪辑展示。与费里尼一起迷失在幕后，与电影中熟悉的面孔再次相遇。

纪录片探秘著名导演费里尼以及他的电影厂Cinecitta的故事，通过采访了和他一起共事过的剧组成员们，刻画了一个幕后的费里尼。导演费鲁乔·卡斯特努沃在1976年到1986年之间，纪录了费里尼创作《卡萨诺瓦》、《女人城》和《船续前行》等电影的幕后。纪录片采访到当时费里尼的合作伙伴们，谈及他们与这位大师的关系，以及与他一起工作和生活的经历，并在40年后将珍贵的影像剪辑展示。与费里尼一起迷失在幕后，与电影中熟悉的面孔再次相遇。

Carmen Piccini's delightful documentary "The Magic of Fellini" was shown recently on the Sundance channel. It was a complete surprise because of its subject, Federico Fellini, who was one of the best directors of Italy of the last century, one would think needed no explanation about what made him one of the most admired figures of the Italian cinema. Ms. Piccini explores the man who was a legend and in less than one hour she makes us feel as though one knew this charismatic man intimately. What comes across in the film is Fellini's genius. He was a man who basically had the ideas in his mind and who seldom bothered to write a screen play detailing each scene of the film he was directing. Fellini was a master of the improvisation style and as such, he gave his actors a general guide line to follow as most of the dialog was added in the editing. He was famous for having some of the American stars he employed in his films just move their lips and concentrating on the characters they were creating. There are hilarious interviews on camera with Anthony Quinn, whose Zampano, in "La Strada" was perhaps his best film work, and with Donald Sutherland, who played Casanova for the master. Donald Sutherland is seen mumbling numbers in Italian that were later dubbed with an actor's voice speaking the great lines Fellini and his collaborators added later on. Claudia Cardinale is also seen in an interview on camera as she tries to explains the magic of working with Fellini. Ms Piccini has included some of the best moments in the films Fellini directed such as the sequence when Anita Ekberg enters the Trevi fountain in Rome, in "La dolce vita". She also includes two of the best scenes from "Le notti di Cabiria" in which Giulietta Massina is seen dancing with the film star portrayed by Amadeo Nazzari, and later on as the film is ending when one sees Cabiria shedding tears as she walks home at the end of the picture. This documentary is essential for admirers of Federico Fellini and Carmen Piccini has made it possible to the great director's fans to discover yet another layer of the man who was an absolute original.