For the centenary of the great filmmaker,a documentary using clips and interviews which focuses on his search for the spiritual, the mysterious, and the esoteric.

The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situations and places pitch camp in the life of a humanity that is at once the viewer and the thing viewed. But what are the last days of this humanity? Have they already passed? Are they now or still to come?

影片主要以费里尼后期电影，如《我记得，想当年》、《卡萨诺瓦》、《月吟》等为切入点，结合片长实录、访谈、费里尼本人自述。

罗伯托·罗西里尼，意大利导演。父亲和祖父都是著名的建筑家。高中毕业时，他突然对电影感兴趣，于是放弃升大学，进入电影界。1934年写了一篇灵感来自德彪西音乐《牧神午后》的电影故事，然后把它拍成电影。1945年的《罗马不设防》成为新写实主义的第一炮。1948年的《德意志零年》也是一部重要的新现实主义杰作。1959年的《罗维雷将军》获得威尼斯电影节金狮奖。曾与英格丽·褒曼有过一段婚姻（1950－1958），褒曼为他放弃了好莱坞的事业。60年代后期开始侧重电视工作，为电视台拍摄了不少历史人物的传记片。

Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.

Carmen Piccini's delightful documentary "The Magic of Fellini" was shown recently on the Sundance channel. It was a complete surprise because of its subject, Federico Fellini, who was one of the best directors of Italy of the last century, one would think needed no explanation about what made him one of the most admired figures of the Italian cinema. Ms. Piccini explores the man who was a legend and in less than one hour she makes us feel as though one knew this charismatic man intimately.
What comes across in the film is Fellini's genius. He was a man who basically had the ideas in his mind and who seldom bothered to write a screen play detailing each scene of the film he was directing. Fellini was a master of the improvisation style and as such, he gave his actors a general guide line to follow as most of the dialog was added in the editing. He was famous for having some of the American stars he employed in his films just move their lips and concentrating on the characters they were creating.
There are hilarious interviews on camera with Anthony Quinn, whose Zampano, in "La Strada" was perhaps his best film work, and with Donald Sutherland, who played Casanova for the master. Donald Sutherland is seen mumbling numbers in Italian that were later dubbed with an actor's voice speaking the great lines Fellini and his collaborators added later on. Claudia Cardinale is also seen in an interview on camera as she tries to explains the magic of working with Fellini.
Ms Piccini has included some of the best moments in the films Fellini directed such as the sequence when Anita Ekberg enters the Trevi fountain in Rome, in "La dolce vita". She also includes two of the best scenes from "Le notti di Cabiria" in which Giulietta Massina is seen dancing with the film star portrayed by Amadeo Nazzari, and later on as the film is ending when one sees Cabiria shedding tears as she walks home at the end of the picture.
This documentary is essential for admirers of Federico Fellini and Carmen Piccini has made it possible to the great director's fans to discover yet another layer of the man who was an absolute original.

This documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Strada, La (1954), released in 2003.

小丑、马戏团、华丽场景、高聎丰满的女人们，看似随兴、其实充满自我风格的拍片手法，他就是影史上无可取代的费里尼。1971年，当本片导演杰哈墨林还是个学生时，他前往拜托电影大师费里尼，一心想访问他，没想到费里尼不给访，却收了他做小秘书，一路做到副导。四十年后，当年的小秘书成了导演，透过镜头，带领我们回溯并介绍这位电影大师独特的美学与世界观。

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

1948 film by Roberto Rossellini

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.

1972 film by Federico Fellini

Marcello Mastroianni: The Discreet Charm of Normality - a fascinating biography including footage from 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, City of Women and Intervista
Un document qui retrace l'incroyable carrière de Marcello Mastroianni, acteur symbole du cinéma italien. à Un portrait tracé à travers ses dialogues et ses interviewes depuis sa première apparition à la télévision à l'émission « Il Musichiere » dans un entretien surréel avec Mario Riva, jusqu'à sa dernière interview avec Enzo Biagi, en passant par ses gags avec Federico Fellini et aux back stage sur les lieux de tournage de ses films plus connus.

1987 film by Federico Fellini