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Federico Fellini evokes complex responses, having variously been called the most controversial Italian director of the post-war era and the most populist among early auteurs, and praised for his exceptional interest in humanity in a materialistic era. The director is unique too in having given rise to the adjective ¡°Felliniesque,¡± denoting a way of representing the world as a sort of garish carnival.
Now the Seoul Film Forum will hold a 10-day retrospective of the master¡¯s work starting June 3. Beginning his career as assistant director for Roberto Rossellini at the age of 22, Fellini wrote screenplays for ¡°Open City¡± (1945) and ¡°Paisan¡± (1946) before making his directorial debut with ¡°The White Sheik¡± in 1950.
Inspired by neo-realism in the early stage of his career, he trained his eye on the life of the working class and farmers, but soon expanded his interest in the redemption of all - often marginalized and grotesque - human beings, with ¡°La Strada (The Road)¡± in 1954 putting him on the road to international stardom.
The retrospective will show 11 of Fellini¡¯s 24 films and a documentary on his life.
The films include Fellini¡¯s most famous works such as ¡°La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life: 1959),¡± which won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, ¡°La Strada¡± and ¡°8 1/2¡± (1963), which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Later films include ¡°Juliet of the Spirits¡± (1965), ¡°Satyricon¡± (1969), ¡°The Clowns¡± (1970), and ¡°Roma¡± (1972). The documentary ¡°Federico Fellini: I¡¯m a Big Liar¡± shows Fellini himself talking about the process of making his films and features the last interview he gave. For more information, call at 02-746-4225 or visit the Forum¡¯s site at http://filmforum.co.kr.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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