Fellini's Roma (1972)

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acclaimed director federico fellini (fellini's satyricon, la dolce vita, 8 1/2) brilliantly demonstrates why he is regarded as "the last of the great epic filmmakers", delivering "a thrilling personal memoir" (newsweek) with this monumental and outlandish tribute to his beloved rome - the eternal city.
this lavish autobiography, full of "lush fantasy sequences and monumental pageantry", (los angeles times) begins with fellini as a youngster living in the italian countryside. in school he studies the eclectic but parochial history of ancient rome and then is introduced as a young man to the real thing - arriving in this strange new city on the outbreak of world war 2. here, through a series of "visually stunning" (los angeles times) vignettes brimming with satire and spark, the filmmaker comes to grips with a "sprawling, boisterous, bursting-at-the-seams portrait of rome" (interview), reinterpreting with his inimitable style an italian history full of "rich sensual imagery and extravagant perception".