A Companion to Federico Fellini

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• ISBN 13:9781119431541
• Author: Frank Burke , Marguerite Waller, Marita Gubareva 

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Federico Fellini presents new methodologies and fresh insights for encountering, appreciating, and contextualizing the director’s films in the 21^st century. A milestone in Fellini scholarship, this volume provides contributions by leading scholars, intellectuals, and filmmakers, as well as insights from collaborators and associates of the Italian director. Scholarly yet readable essays explore the fundamental aspects of Fellini’s works while addressing their contemporary relevance in contexts ranging from politics and the environment to gender, race, and sexual orientation.

As the centennial of Federico Fellini’s birth in approaches in 2020, this timely work provides new readings of Fellini’s films and illustrates Fellini’s importance as a filmmaker, artist,and major cultural figure. The text explores topics such as Fellini’s early cinematic experience, recurring themes and patterns in his films, his collaborations and influences, and his unique forms of cinematic expression. In a series of “Short Takes” sections, contributors look at specific films that have particular significance or personal relevance.

Table contents:

Part I Fellini and Friends

Part II Beginnings, Inspirations, Intertexts

Part III Collaborations

Part IV Aesthetics and Film Language

Part V Contemporary Dialogues

Part VI Receptions, Appropriations, Dispersions

Part VII Short Takes on Individual Films

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