The GIs took the drawings home as souvenirs - imagine what one of those would be worth now?īy then, Fellini was 24 and still casting about for his life’s calling. In fact, it was his ability to draw faces that brought him into the business in the first place.Īfter the Allied liberation of Rome in 1944, Fellini supported himself during the hardest of times by drawing caricatures of American soldiers still lingering in the area.
Whether it’s some sad clown playing a trumpet, or a beautiful woman dancing with a cat on her head, Fellini loved the power of images, and was particularly intrigued by the mysteries of the human face. With Fellini, you may not always understand what’s he’s trying to do or say in his films, but you're still mesmerized by his bold, brilliant visual style. Perhaps no director benefited more from the sudden popularity of “World Cinema” than Italy’s Federico Fellini, an artist whose influence is seen in the work of such disparate directors as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam. The other compelling factor was that some very interesting and powerful films were coming out of war-ravaged Europe. Inevitably, the war had made millions of Americans more aware of different cultures, which generated curiosity about movies made outside of Hollywood. In the years directly after World War II, American moviegoers developed a taste for foreign films that’s lasted to this day. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.”
If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. “Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t.
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