Fellini lexicon / Sam Rohdie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohdie, Sam, 1939-2015.

Contributor:

British Film Institute.

Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fellini, Federico--Criticism and interpretation.

Fellini, Federico.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

159 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : BFI Publishing, 2002.

Summary:

Federico Fellini (1920-1993) was one of the most inventive film-makers and to this day one of the best loved. Director of many celebrated films -- among them La Strada (1954), The Nights of Cabiria (1957), La Dolce Vita (1960), Otto e Mezzo (1963), and Amarcord (1973) -- he created melancholy, magical worlds peopled by clowns, dreamers, conmen, trumpeters, and werewolves. This book explores the forms and substances, significances and insignificances, and objects and shadows in Fellini's work -- the dance and music of his characters, the color, light, and movement in his images. Fellini Lexicon accompanies Fellini's films, rather than seeking to possess them, taking pleasure in their incongruities, exaggerations, absurdities, and surprises. The entries are reversible, overlapping, often unlikely, combining careful analysis of the films with a celebration of their richness. Fellini Lexicon is a delightfully original approach to Fellini's work and to the practice of film criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [152]-154) and filmography (pages [155]-159).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0851709346

0851709338

OCLC:

50614932