Università Roma Tre

GOALS: The teaching of "Movements and authors of the cinema" is part of the training activities characterizing the master's degree course in "Cinema, television and multimedia production". Its intent is to deal with particularly significant periods, themes, styles, works and authors in the history of national and international cinema. The course aims to provide methodological tools and in-depth knowledge in the field of history and aesthetics, to stimulate the ability to critically confront the documental sources, and to acquire a skill in analyzing filmic texts.
PROGRAM: The course is devoted to the cinema of Federico Fellini.
Comparing with the vast existing bibliography and with the most diverse study methodologies, we analyze the dominant themes of the Fellini imaginary and the style of the films. Particular attention is paid to Fellini's reflection on cinema (from 8 ½ to Intervista), on entertainment and on the media (the humorous press, the photo novel, the vaudeville, the circus, television, advertising

TEXTS: Federico Fellini, Fare un film, Einaudi, Torino 2015 (I ed. 1980); Jean-Paul Manganaro, Federico Fellini. Romance, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2014.

FILMOGRAPHY: Lo sceicco bianco (1952), La strada (1954), Le notti di Cabiria (1957), La dolce vita (1960), Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio (1962, sketch from Boccaccio '70), 8 1/2 (1963), Toby Dammit (1968, sketch from Tre passi nel delirio), I clowns (1970), Roma (1972), Amarcord (1973), Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976), Ginger e Fred (1985), Intervista (1987).
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139.