简介：CarmenPiccini'sdelightfuldocumentary"TheMagicofFellini"wasshownrecentlyontheSundancechannel.Itwasacompletesurprisebecauseofitssubject,FedericoFellini,whowasoneofthebestdirectorsofItalyofthelastcentury,onewouldthinkneedednoexplanationaboutwhatmadehimoneofthemostadmiredfiguresoftheItaliancinema.Ms.Picciniexploresthemanwhowasalegendandinlessthanonehourshemakesusfeelasthoughoneknewthischarismaticmanintimately. WhatcomesacrossinthefilmisFellini'sgenius.Hewasamanwhobasicallyhadtheideasinhismindandwhoseldombotheredtowriteascreenplaydetailingeachsceneofthefilmhewasdirecting.Felliniwasamasteroftheimprovisationstyleandassuch,hegavehisactorsageneralguidelinetofollowasmostofthedialogwasaddedintheediting.HewasfamousforhavingsomeoftheAmericanstarsheemployedinhisfilmsjustmovetheirlipsandconcentratingonthecharacterstheywerecreating. TherearehilariousinterviewsoncamerawithAnthonyQuinn,whoseZampano,in"LaStrada"wasperhapshisbestfilmwork,andwithDonaldSutherland,whoplayedCasanovaforthemaster.DonaldSutherlandisseenmumblingnumbersinItalianthatwerelaterdubbedwithanactor'svoicespeakingthegreatlinesFelliniandhiscollaboratorsaddedlateron.ClaudiaCardinaleisalsoseeninaninterviewoncameraasshetriestoexplainsthemagicofworkingwithFellini. MsPiccinihasincludedsomeofthebestmomentsinthefilmsFellinidirectedsuchasthesequencewhenAnitaEkbergenterstheTrevifountaininRome,in"Ladolcevita".Shealsoincludestwoofthebestscenesfrom"LenottidiCabiria"inwhichGiuliettaMassinaisseendancingwiththefilmstarportrayedbyAmadeoNazzari,andlateronasthefilmisendingwhenoneseesCabiriasheddingtearsasshewalkshomeattheendofthepicture. ThisdocumentaryisessentialforadmirersofFedericoFelliniandCarmenPiccinihasmadeitpossibletothegreatdirector'sfanstodiscoveryetanotherlayerofthemanwhowasanabsoluteoriginal.…