Fellini and Fantasy now open

Federico fellini (1920–1993) is one of the greatest and the most internationally acclaimed Italian filmmakers of the 20th century. His impact was such that his last name became an adjective: Felliniesque. Fellini won four Academy Awards for best foreign language film, along with an Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and numerous prizes at various film festivals, including Cannes and Venice. Among his greatest achievements are La strada (1954); The Nights of Cabiria (1957), La dolce vita (1960), 8½, (1963), and Amarcord (1973).

The materials in the exhibition are on loan from the Fellini collection at the Lilly Library of Indiana University, Bloomington, as well as from private collections. They comprise original shooting scripts and film treatments containing Fellini’s annotations and drawings that reveal how the acclaimed director envisioned characters and scenes and even how he perceived himself.

Fellini and Fantasy has been curated by Dr. Angela Porcarelli, associate teaching professor of Italian at Emory.

above and opposite Federico Fellini.

Photos by Davide Minghini, 1973. © by Biblioteca civica Gambalunga, Rimini.

Related Programming

Gallery Talk

Wednesday, November 30 | 6 pM

John Howett Works on Paper Gallery

Dr. Angela Porcarelli, curator of Fellini and Fantasy, will give a gallery talk in the exhibition at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30. She will examine original scripts and drawings by the famous director, as well as ephemera from several of his films, featured in the exhibition.

Lecture

Thursday, November 10 | 7:30 pM

Ackerman Hall

Don’t miss this lecture by Frank Burke, professor emeritus of Film Studies at Queens University in Ontario titled Living the Dream: Fellini’s Oneiricism in Light of James Hillman’s Dream Psychology on Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Ackerman Hall. Burke will address several examples of oneiricism in Fellini’s films from Il viaggio di G. Mastorna (The Journey of G. Mastorna)—a project that he sought unsuccessfully to bring to fruition—and from Il libro dei sogni (The Book of Dreams).

Film Series

Wednesdays this Fall | 7:30 pM

208 White Hall

In conjunction with this exhibition, the museum is co-sponsoring Emory Cinemateque’s Fall 2022 series of films by Fellini. Screenings are free and open to the Emory community and the public and will take place on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in 208 White Hall. See the full schedule on our exhibition webpage, carlos.eMory.edu/

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