62-330 Italian Cinema after La dolce vita: Fellini at 100

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course examines the oeuvre of Italian film master Federico Fellini 19202020 on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. Films like La dolce vita 1960 and Otto e mezzo 1963 offer a stunning social commentary on the Italian worldview of the 1960s while also revealing new ways to look at cinema. Fellinis films and the unforgettable music by Nino Rota 19111979 that enhances them, will be discussed. This course is dedicated to exploring and appreciating Fellinis dreamlike themes and their uplifting messages about real life. Ultimately, the composition of a collagetype, collective paper will bring the course to a close.

Prerequisites: none listed

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