Fresh
Federico Fellini broke through all the walls he could find in 1987's delightfully jumbled Intervista. The maestro created a film about a film about a film.
Glenn Abel, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
Director and cast
- Federico Fellini Director
- Marcello Mastroianni as Himself
- Sergio Rubini as Il Giornalista
- Antonella Ponziani as La Ragazza del Tram
- Maurizio Mein as L'Aiuto Regista
- Paola Liguori as La Diva
- Lara Wendel as La Sposa
- Anita Ekberg Cast
- Antonio Cantafora Cast
- Nadia Ottaviani Cast
- Maria Teresa Battaglia Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In its own seemingly off-hand manner, it's a grandly cosmic joke.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
It would not be of much interest, I imagine, to anyone who was not familiar with Fellini's earlier films.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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