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Fellini

[ fuh-lee-nee; Italian fel-lee-nee ]

noun

  1. Fe·de·ri·co [fe-de-, ree, -kaw], 1920–1993, Italian film director and writer.


Fellini

/ fɛlˈliːnɪ /

noun

  1. FelliniFederico19201993MItalianFILMS AND TV: director Federico (fedeˈriko). 1920–93, Italian film director. His films include La Dolce Vita (1959), 81/2 (1963), Satyricon (1969), and Intervista (1987)


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Example Sentences

We grabbed pizza in a rifugio at the top of the Passo Pordoi and paired our pies with Aperol spritzes, because, hell, it felt like the most Fellini thing to do.

Better to watch for the escapist pleasure of a jewel-toned melodrama that evokes Fellini and Almodóvar as much as it does Nin.

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Dern recalled the formative experience of encountering a Fellini masterpiece for the first time.

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Fellini had actual press photographers on set to leak tidbits to keep the sensationalism around the film alive.

But the author preferred Fellini double bills and moved to San Francisco in 1971.

Many say that The Great Beauty is the new Fellini, with its handsome surrealism, baroque expressions, and casual opulence.

What The Great Beauty and Fellini share is the Roman light—3,000 years of viscous sun.

With a precise coffee habit nailed down, maybe the inimitable genius of Franz Liszt or Federico Fellini will follow.

"Send to Mr. Fellini's office, at once," ordered the judge impatiently.

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