INTERVISTA (DVD/5.1/ENG-SUB) DVD

Intervista
Intervista has been termed a semi-documentary: This is in fact the filmed autobiography of Italian director Federico Fellini, framed in the form of an interview conducted by a Japanese film crew. As the interview progresses Fellini's mind wanders to his earliest days (the reenacted events conflict with several of the "official" stories of his life). His fascination with filmmaking is manifested in the "wonderland" atmosphere of the old Cinecitta studios. With the cooperation of Fellini's loyal co-workers, we are permitted to see tantalizingly brief excerpts (some self-mocking) of Fellini's modus operandi. A visit by Fellini and guest-star Marcello Mastroianni to Anita Ekberg's home leads to a lavish (and poignant) "reliving" of the 1961 Fellini/Mastroianni/Ekberg effort La Dolce Vita. The climax of Intervista scene invokes Fellini's previous inward-looking classic 8 1/2, with a novel twist calculated to send the director's disciples home with a knowing smile. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Federico Fellini as Himself Marcello Mastroianni as Himself Anita Ekberg as Herself Sergio Rubini as Reporter Maurizio Mein as Himself Lara Wendel as Bride Paola Liguori as Star Nadia Ottaviani as Vestal Virgin Antonella Ponziani as Young Girl

Crew Paul Mazursky - Art Director Danilo Donati - Art Director Leon Capetanos - Art Director Danilo Donati - Costume Designer Federico Fellini - Director Nino Baragli - Editor Pietro Notarianni - Executive Producer Paul Mazursky - Line Producer Leon Capetanos - Line Producer Pietro Notarianni - Line Producer Nicola Piovani - Composer (Music Score) Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer Ibrahim Moussa - Producer Gianfranco Angelucci - Screenwriter Federico Fellini - Screenwriter

Intervista
Federico Fellini is gone from us now, with the sad consequence that there are no new Fellini films for us to view; but happily, before his death, he created a cinematic autobiography in Intervista, which shows the director at work at Cinecitta, surrounded by his associates from former films, most notably Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. A young group of cineastes follows Fellini around for much of the film as he makes preparations for a film that doesn't seem to have any particular shape or direction, much like Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2 (1963). But in 8 1/2, the future was all before him; now, Fellini has only the past, and he knows it. The scene in which Mastroianni and Ekberg watch themselves in Fellini's epic of modern decadence, La Dolce Vita (1960), is absolutely heartbreaking. On the screen, they are forever young; on the sofa, watching themselves nearly 30 years earlier, death awaits. There are numerous jokes about illness, impotence, the passing of time, and the vicissitudes of cinematic fortune, and Fellini presides over the entire affair with a benign air of resignation. Intervista isn't so much a film as it is a meditation on a life lived in the cinema; it is an inescapably minor work, and it knows it, but it is also a deeply felt examination of ambition and mortality. Once seen, the film will never been wholly forgotten; it reminds one of Jean Cocteau's dictum that "film shows us death at work." Intervista is a must-see for all Fellini fans, and a gentle and nostalgic valentine to his viewers, and to his own past. ~ Wheeler Winston Dixon, All Movie Guide
 

Federico Fellini: Cannes Film Festival, 40th Anniversary Prize (winner)

Moscow International Film Festival, Grand Prize (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: Italian Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Fellini documentary by Vincenzo Mollica in Italian Theatrical Trailer Photo montage from the Set MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 116 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Cinecittą [2:00] 2. The Japanese Journalists [3:56] 3. The Assistant Director [1:34] 4. Commercials [2:39] 5. The Bar [1:53] 6. Nadia [2:28] 7. Casa Del Passeggero [3:18] 8. As a Young Journalist [5:44] 9. The Tramway [7:50] 10. The First Time [1:48] 11. The Wedding [8:42] 12. The Star [6:00] 13. India [9:09] 14. In the Subway [4:17] 15. Anonymous Phonecall [4:51] 16. Casting [5:08] 17. Marcello [5:16] 18. Anita [3:53] 19. "La Dolce Vita" [2:51] 20. Tests on the Stage [4:55] 21. Tests in Exterior [6:29] 22. The Indians [6:02] 23. Merry Christmas [3:11] 24. Main & End Titles [1:37]