A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
Roberto Benigni
Luigi 'Titta' Benzi
Italo Calvino
Dante Ferretti
Rinaldo Geleng
Terence Stamp
Donald Sutherland
Tullio Pinelli
Giuseppe Rotunno
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Federico Fellini
Nanni Moretti
Claudia Cardinale
Alain Cuny
Ennio Flaiano
Ettore Manni
Giulietta Masina
Marcello Mastroianni