Although it received mixed reviews upon its release in 1969, FELLINI SATYRICON was a major work by one of the cinema's greatest filmmakers. CIAO, FEDERICO! is a lively, ribald, entertaining, and revealing documentary of the shooting of that masterpiece.
Federico Fellini was having second thoughts about permitting Gideon Bachmann to film him shooting his latest picture, a spectacular, episodic work loosely based on the ancient writings of Petronius Arbiter. At one point, apparently, Fellini unsuccessfully urged Bachmann to drop his cinema verite
approach and replace it with a scripted interview format. Relationships between the two men deteriorated even further f...
Released:
1969
Rated:
NR
Length:
61 mins