This is a new edition of the diary kept by Federico Fellini, in which the great director faithfully recorded his dreams and nightmares.
A highly colorful journey into the boundless territory of a genius's imagination, this is a work that added a fundamental element to the study of Federico Fellini and his creative experience. From the late 1960s until 1990, the great director used this diary to represent his nocturnal visions in the form of drawings or, as he himself described them, "scribbles, rushed and ungrammatical notes."
Currently out of print, this new edition will include a critical introduction, as well as updated graphic design. It will be published in collaboration with the Municipality of Rimini as well as the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and the Cineteca di Bologna (the three main Italian institutions in the field of cinema).
The volume will be released to coincide with the centenary of Federico Fellini's birth (January 2020), which will be celebrated in Italy with a traveling exhibition on the director that will start its journey from Milan in December 2019.
Über den Autor Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, geboren 1920 in Rimini, arbeitete erfolgreich als Journalist und Karikaturist, bevor er mit dem Drehbuchschreiben und später der Regiearbeit begann. Er gilt als Maestro des italienischen Nachkriegskinos und als einer der wichtigsten Autorenfilmer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Für seine Filme wie La strada, La dolce vita, 8 1/2 und Amarcord erhielt er unzählige internationale Preise, zwölf Mal war er für den Oscar nominiert, vier Mal gewann er ihn in der Kategorie »Bester fremdsprachiger Film«. Fellini starb 1993 in Rom, nur wenige Monate, nachdem er mit dem Ehrenoscar für sein Lebenswerk ausgezeichnet worden war.