Intervista

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Cast & Crew

Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni

Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg

Sergio Rubini
Reporter

Antonella Ponziani
Young Girl

Maurizio Mein
Maurizio Mein

Paola Liguori
Star

Lara Wendel
Bride

Antonio Cantafora
Spouse

Nadia Ottiaviani
Vestal Virgin

Federico Fellini
Self

Federico Fellini
Director

Gianfranco Angelucci
Writer

Federico Fellini
Writer

Pietro Notarianni
Executive Producer

Ibrahim Moussa
Producer

Nicola Piovani
Original Music

Tonino Delli Colli
Cinematographer

Nino Baragli
Film Editor

Danilo Donati
Production Design

Danilo Donati
Costume Designer

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Critic Reviews for Intervista

Audience Reviews for Intervista

• Jan 09, 2010

  It's a shame "Intervista" wasn't Federico Fellini's last film, because it would have been a perfect farewell. Mostly autobiographical, it features the director himself as a prominent onscreen player. Fellini described the film as an informal chat among friends, and "Intervista" indeed has an enjoyably meandering, conversational structure. Not just a movie-within-a-movie, it even becomes a movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie. A chirpy Japanese crew maneuvers to interview Fellini as he shoots a retelling of Franz Kafka's "Amerika." He soon introduces actor Sergio Rubini, who will be portraying Fellini as a young man. Fellini advises a makeup girl to add a pimple to Rubini's nose for comic effect, but a short time later, the pimple is "real" and Rubini is dramatizing Fellini's memories of visiting a major Italian film studio for the first time. Innocent, awestruck Fellini sees various scenes being shot and eventually has trivial dressing-room dialogue with an aging movie queen. Once that section closes, the narrative moves to backstage sequences including a depiction of how Fellini casts his legendary "faces," a surreal attack by Indians wielding TV antennas instead of spears and, most touchingly, a reunion between Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. Twenty-seven years have passed since the two splashed in a fountain during a famous "La Dolce Vita" scene, and Ekberg is much heavier and no longer a hot property. Of course, Mastroianni has become a superstar, but Ekberg shows no competitive bitterness. Their misty-eyed viewing of the old footage -- their tears require no acting, I'm sure -- is usually cited as "Intervista"'s highlight.
  

  Eric B Super Reviewer
• Oct 11, 2008

  My first Fellini was really disappointing, Maybe it wasn't a good choice to watch this before his other movies
  Arash X Super Reviewer
• Feb 28, 2007

  I loved it. I love Fellini, so I'm easy to please. This one is now among my favorites by Fellini.
  Morris N Super Reviewer

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