FEDERICO FELLINI | ITALY | 1963 | 138 MIN | NR | ITALIAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH
At the height of his career, a director finds himself at a creative impasse and crumbling at the demands of those around him, forcing him to escape through surreal fantasies of his youth and the muses of his past in Fellini’s magnum opus.
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's In Dreams: David Lynch Film Series.
On January 16th, 2025, the world lost a true, unabashed artist that left behind fascinating and terrifying works that continually transformed the scope of cinema, sound, and the visual arts. By surrendering to his subconscious, David Lynch exposed the hidden depth and paradox of human existence through the visceral and conscious, nightmares and dreams, beauty and ugliness, sycamores and Douglas firs to create astonishing works of art we didn’t know we needed. As PFS gears up to celebrate the former Philly resident later this year, we present an ongoing series of films that had an effect, sometimes profound, on Lynch and encourage a new lens of viewing for these wildly different films.