Trivia
Release date: September 6, 1954
Academy awards:
The very first Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
The film was hailed by the Catholic church as “A parable of charity, love, grace and salvation”
La Strada means the road
Bio
Federico Fellini
In the myth of the cinema, Oscar is the supreme prize
Movie news
This week 56 years ago La Strada premiered (September 6, 1954)
Born:
January 20, 1920
Died:
October 31, 1993
Fellini was born in Rimini, Italy. In 1938 he left for Florence and Rome, where he worked as a writer and cartoonist. 5 years later he wrote a radio serial in which the actress Giulietta Masina appeared. She later became his wife and the star of many of his films. In the years that followed Fellini worked as a screenwriter and assistant director on several films before co directing
Variety Lights (1951). But critical acclaim came in 1953/1954 with
I Vitelloni and
La Strada. Fellini's first full-length color film was
Giulietta
degli spiriti (1965) and the following films would also explore Fellini's wildly imaginative dream life. In the 1970s critics began to accuse Fellini of self-parody and his movies became less successful although
Amarcord (1973) , was universally praised by critics.
Selected Movies:
- La strada (1954)
- 8½ (1963)
- Le notti di cabiria (1957)
- La dolce vita (1960)
- Amarcord (1973)
- I Vitelloni (1953)
- Il bidone (1955)
Academy awards
1993 Honorary Award
1977 Nominated Best Writing for: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
1976 Nominated Best Director for: Amarcord (1973)
1976 Nominated Best Writing for: Amarcord (1973)
1975 Won Best Foreign Language Film for: Amarcord (1973)
1971 Nominated Best Director for: Satyricon (1969)
1964 Nominated Best Director for:
8½ (1963)
1964 Nominated Best Writing for:
8½ (1963)
1964 Won Best Foreign Language Film for
8½
1962 Nominated Best Director for:
La Dolce vita (1960)
1962 Nominated Best Writing for:
La Dolce vita (1960)
1958 Won Best Foreign Language Film for: Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)
1958 Nominated Best Writing for: I Vitelloni (1953)
1957 Nominated Best Writing for:
La Strada (1954)
1957 Won Best Foreign Language Film for:
La Strada (1954)
1950 Nominated Best Writing for: Paisą (1946)
1947 Nominated Best Writing for: Roma, cittą aperta (1945)
Books:
Peter Bondanella and Cristina Degli-Esposti -> Perspectives on Federico Fellini (1993)
Peter Bondanella -> The Cinema of Federico Fellini (1992)
Costanzo Costantini -> Conversations with Fellini (1996)
Federico Fellini -> Fellini on Fellini (1976)
