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Fellini of the Spirits

Name: Fellini of the Spirits
Director: Selma Dell'Olio
Released: 2020
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.7/10

Fair

2020

Director

Selma Dell'Olio

Runtime

90 minutes

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Fellini of the Spirits is a specialized cinematic tribute that explores the intersection of psychoanalysis, Catholicism, and the supernatural. It challenges purely rationalist perspectives by emphasizing the subconscious and the mysterious. However, the film remains largely anchored in Western cinematic history, limiting its broader racial and ethnic scope. While it provides a nuanced view of reality through a spiritual lens, it does not specifically engage with gendered social structures or LGBTQ+ narratives.

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Category Breakdown

Does Fellini of the Spirits have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on Fellini's relationship with the paranormal and the imaginary, rather than exploring explicit LGBTQ+ narratives or character's ability to drive the story.

How does Fellini of the Spirits portray gender?

Fair

It centers on Fellini's idiosyncratic vision and his connection to fate, without addressing gendered power dynamics or the subversion of gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Fellini of the Spirits?

Fair

The documentary stays within the context of mid-20th-century European cinematic history, featuring global collaborators but not showing a non-Anglo-Saxon majority or disrupting Western-centric narratives.

How does Fellini of the Spirits represent religion and culture?

Good

The film delves into themes of transcendence and the irrational, challenging rigid secular frameworks by prioritizing the spiritual and the subjective.

Does Fellini of the Spirits include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information available regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities within this documentary.

Present on Screen

Embraces the irrational and the spiritual, challenging dominant rationalist frameworks.
Explores the tension between organized discourse and transcendence.
Provides a unique perspective on the intersection of psychoanalysis and the paranormal.

Limited or Absent

Could include more explicit LGBTQ+ narratives or queer character's ability to drive the story.
Focuses heavily on Western-centric, mid-20th-century European cinematic history.
Does not address gendered power dynamics or the subversion of gender hierarchies.

Official Synopsis

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyday of mid-20th century. Fellini had always been a mysterious director, not only in his cryptic symbolism but also in his idiosyncratic, excessive mixture of psychoanalysis, Catholicism and faith in the mysterious. In this documentary, his relationship with the paranormal, luck and fate, alongside the coexistence of organized discourse and transcendence to the imaginary, is examined via friends, collaborators and distinguished fans (Friedkin, Gilliam, Chazelle). A great testimony to why rationalists and ideologists have a hard time with his work, ‘Fellini and the Spirits’ is an appropriate yet unexpected tribute.

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