What is How Strange to be Named Frederico / Otto Mezzo about?

Double Feature: HOW STRANGE TO BE NAMED FEDERICO (CHE STRANO CHIAMARSI FEDERICO), 2013, Bim Distribuzione, 90 min. This documentary by director Ettore Scola focuses on his longtime friend Federico Fellini, using personal memories, archival footage and re-creations to paint a loving portrait of the legendary Italian filmmaker. In Italian with English subtitles. 8 1/2 (OTTO E MEZZO), 1963, Corinth Films, 144 min. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film and arguably Fellini’s greatest masterpiece, 8 1/2 stars the great Marcello Mastroianni as a Fellini-like director trying to escape the self-made chaos of his artistic and personal lives at an Italian health spa, where he’s pursued by jealous mistresses, demanding producers and surreal fantasies of his past, present and future. In Italian with English subtitles.

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What is How Strange to be Named Frederico / Otto Mezzo about?: Double Feature: HOW STRANGE TO BE NAMED FEDERICO (CHE STRANO CHIAMARSI FEDERICO), 2013, Bim Distribuzione, 90 min. This documentary by director Ettore Scola focuses on his longtime friend Federico Fellini, using personal memories, archival footage and re-creations to paint a loving portrait of the legendary Italian filmmaker. In Italian with English subtitles. 8 1/2 (OTTO E MEZZO), 1963, Corinth Films, 144 min. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film and arguably Fellini’s greatest masterpiece, 8 1/2 stars the great Marcello Mastroianni as a Fellini-like director trying to escape the self-made chaos of his artistic and personal lives at an Italian health spa, where he’s pursued by jealous mistresses, demanding producers and surreal fantasies of his past, present and future. In Italian with English subtitles.