Jeu de Paume Exhibition “Fellini, la Grande Parade” Examines the Director’s Career

Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni, in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, 1960. Collection Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé © 1960 La Dolce Vita - Riama Film - S.N.Pathé Cinéma - Gray Film / identité de l’auteur réservée.

PARIS.- This Fellini exhibition at the Jeu de Paume provides an opportunity to reconsider the topicality of his films. It sets out to explore the world and sources of inspiration of this director whose name has entered everyday speech in the form of an adjective, Fellinian or Felliniesque, which evokes eccentricity and the baroque or grotesque parade of human foibles. The material surrounding his work is indeed particularly rich in discoveries and surprises. Juxtaposed with video excerpts, it conveys a vivid idea of the artist at work. Federico Fellini’s forty-year career was one of constant change. On exhibition through 17 January, 2010.


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