"Aha!" "The Commendatore!" "Bring the arc closer." "Excuse us, please, Signor Fellini." "but a little birdie told us you're here tonight." "Oh, Federico!" "I knew he'd say that!" "I can imagine it from here." "What did I tell you?" "Romano..." "Turn them on me." "Aim the jumbo at the pines." "Can you see Stage 5?" "Maurizio, answer me!" "...to create a general effect of moonlight." "May we ask what film you're making?" "...of someone flying." "Tonino, zoom slowly..." "There's Stage 5!" "We see the Roman aqueduct..." "But everything's shaking!" "The megaphone's gone." "The batteries disturbing, but somehow familiar." "...in that deep gloom." "...that seemed endless." "I'd fly away, but this time..." "I finally managed." "Butthat view I glimpsed through gaps in the clouds." "The University?" "The Municipal Hospital?" "At last I recognized it:" "Cinecittà." "...I knew I'd be meeting you." "...startall the same." "Interview my assistant." "An assistantdirector's essential tools:" "...and megaphone." "Nowadays it's a lost art." "Remaining an assistant is really heroic." "Something against nature." "...refusing to grow up." "...of a high-risk profession!" "Maurizio, he's coming!" "Clear out, Rivet!" "Had any more dreams?" "what does Cinecittà mean to you?" "And if it's more, how is it more?" "I saw you!" "Stay where you are, Rivet." "Shall I pick out some ofthese fora test?" "I found the ideal ones this time:" "Giancorso, Alfredo..." "He's a girl." "Did you make that?" "For yourfilm?" ""Try Imperial!" "Click click click!" "It does the trick!"" "Where do I put the gas, Chief?" "It's a fortress, or perhaps an alibi." "Yes, an alibi!" "She can talk to you more knowledgeably than I can." "...want an interview." "She's in charge of preserves its memories." "I'm busy." "I have to have my cappuccino." "When do we start, Chief?" "Let's work like Nadia..." "having coffee." "Rivet has to stick with him." "He needs protection, comforting we all starve." "Where are you going?" "Nuns!" "On the set!" "Turn and yell:" ""Nadia!" "When am I invited to dinner?"" "No, to pick chicory." "Fellini shoots all his films at Cinecittà." "No, he takes them home as souvenirs." "It used to be over there, where they shot..." "All those apartment houses are surrounding us." "This is chicory!" "He says it's bitter." "Like the Romans: they act tough, butthey're sweethearts." "I have to go now, sorry." "...you came to Cinecittà?" "During the war." "I worked for a magazine." "We had to catch the blue tram in front of..." "Are you getting the sign?" "Want the windows?" "The building's condemned, it's changed owners." "Yes, Fellini's here." "Box lunches, my ass!" "Get over here!" "Fast!" "...the legendary Notarianni... 300 film under his belt." "He dates back to the Lumières." "I said: total, reciprocal mistrust." "Notarianni!" "We'll need a lot." "Tell Millozza." "Tonino, these trusses won't hold." "Hey, Maestro, remember..." "You hearthe echo?" "Done?" "The Cinecittà tram!" "I must've taken ita million times." "In '38." "Wise guy!" "Tonino, I'm 20 years younger than you." "Look at them!" "You'd think itwas a hold up." "I saw this lady at the station." "Forgive us, Signora." "Take some photos of her." "Are we shooting here, Commendatore?" "...and a couple of drops..." "Just wait and see, Sergio." "Excuse us, we follow each step." "Who are you in this film?" "Didn't anyone tell you?" "No, not in here!" "Translate, please." "Is ourOlga taking care of you?" "Keeping you happy?" "I'll explain it all." "You are your papersends you to interview a star actress..." "Turn that thing off!" "So, this reporter is all excited." "...to interview this sexy woman he's dreamed about." "I want him to have a little bump on his nose." "He was too cute." "It's not a whim." "I'm not just being mean." "...a great beauty, while he has a pimple and that's how I want the characterto feel." "Sergio, Antonella, come on!" "Line up, side by side." "...that actorwho was coming up from Naples... he hasn't come." "Now you tell me, 5 minutes before we shoot." "Having to foresee everything is no fun." "I agree with Fellini." "...the unforeseeable and getting screwed anyway." "Maestro, yourshirt." "The girls back with their parents." "Everybody here?" "Federico, I can't walk in these boots." "I stuffed them with cotton." "...free of charge." "That's your seat, by the window." "It's all unbuttoned, it's not nice." "Take away the steps." "Turn it around!" "Damn, I was supposed to make a call." "...I'll call later." "Let's go!" "We built it in record time." "Yes, you're an actor!" "You want a good slap?" "Ajournalist, I guess." "...as you are aware." "And, as you well know, so did He." "...of those workers who made this land furtile..." "Companion, with Fascistardor..." "Has it been washed?" "Companions in your joyous toil..." "Viva I'ltalia!" "I told them to keep him tied!" "Move, will you?" "Who'll lend me a hand?" "Something, isn't it?" "!" "Niagara!" "Niagara!" "I tell you, young man not even waterfalls." "A brave race, but treacherous." "...maybe saving some specimens for their films." "Magnificent land, our empire!" "Go there!" "...we must be at Cinecittà." "...the trip to Cinecittà was exactly like that." "...more adventurous, I don't remember." "My name's Antonella." "Please meet my fiancé." "I'm having a screen test, and I'm scared." "Wish me luck?" "Then that pretty blonde girl..." "Ciao!" "..." "Good luck!" "...was met by a magnificent limousine." "I followed the elephants..." "Hey, you!" "Just a minute!" "My editor called." "Rubini's the name." "See if we've got a Rubini." "Go ahead." "Let's go!" "The bride!" "More, more!" "Higher!" "Slower, you..." "Go!" "What's he doing?" "Get down!" "Lower!" "Back in place!" "Another take." "Where's the bride?" "Get the bride ready!" "Pick up the beat!" "Stop!" "He doesn't need help, he's spry as a cricket." "His shoes." "Maybe some confetti stuck to the lens." "Print it?" "A pear." "A nice juicy peach?" "A plum?" "A pear!" "A pear!" "Was I all right, Maestro?" "Are you satisfied?" "Not bad." "Be quiet!" "You're running towards love, happiness." "Come on, don't worry." "Who's that?" "Smile, smile." "...smile..." "Helga!" "No!" "More enthusiasm!" "Watch me." "Hold it..." "Lunch!" "Thanks, bring it here, in the sunshine." "What lady?" "Of course." "Right away." "That's right." "She's better today." "She wants to work." "I'll show you the way." "Can I ask you a few questions, too?" "She never opens it." "I get it for my sister-in-law." "She's all right, but with him she acts like an empress." "...he toes the line with her." "They're working on a super-colossal production." "Hey, Cesare..." "Why don't you go fuck yourself?" "...it'll go away overnight." "What?" "Say, kid, I've got to get going." "You know who I ran into?" "Old Snotty." "So she says to me, she says:" "Well?" "You going for the eggs?" "I'll come too." "He sends her fresh eggs." "She takes them raw." "I like the Signora... a lot." "Bring her over one day!" "Rivet, the film's set in the '40's." "You don't fit." "In the '80's." "Have you read Kafka's "Amerika"?" "Thanks... and good luck!" "...and there, all by himself who seems to excite him so much." "Rubini, you hear me?" "Everything's fine, but I'm not alone here." "This is another one..." "Here it says:" "...it's called 'zangolating'."" ""When the 'lingam'..." Ah, you weren't here." "In the Kamasutra, our friend here is called 'lingam' the 'yoni'." "...start moving in and out, in and out and without extraction..." ""The sparrow's flutter!"" "Who's that?" "Who've you let in here?" "And in front of a stranger..." "But it's a holy book..." "Freezing one minute, boiling the next!" "Can't they fix it?" "I told production, but they just act dumb." "Well, spread it around." "I sent 2 poems, but you didn't publish them." "Isn't the heat killing you?" "..." "My egg!" "Want to try it?" "I don't believe in interviews." "Hm, the sweetie." "Or, as the saying goes, they never get past..." "One condition, though:" "my secretary is present." "...so if I can't think of the right answer..." "Why, he's just a kid, our reporter." "...the piece, imagining you in the shower..." "Like Tiepolo's Venus." "Do you know Tiepolo?" "That's for sure..." "I had one last night..." "I'm ashamed to tell." "...because I myself..." "But there's one I want to ask:" "Believe me, I'm dazzled." "One critic wrote that I seem a man." "Maybe wishful thinking." "I don't have her photo, but she was the image of me." "Naturally... if she has both..." "How did you discover your vocation?" "Even as a child people said..." "In religious processions she was always the cherub." "I can imagine all the men who'd give anything to be here, in my place." "You've got to realize one thing." "True!" "A girl can have the greatest 'yoni' in the world she's had it!" "Write that!" "Eyes shut!" "A close-up that fills the screen her eyes just swallow you up!" "Write that!" "For the sake of art." "When you're not acting, what do you do?" "She's imprisoned." "That depends..." "The costume's here." "Everybody out now!" "That means everybody." "You too." "Just a minute." "Remember: quote only what I said..." "Young man..." "Had a good look around?" "Like 4 apartment houses." "But making movies..." "is a lot more fun." "Have you ever seen a thief's face to equal..." "Don't say such things." "A thief who looks like a thief..." "That guy makes me die laughing." "The director says he's stupid..." "You shit!" "You've kept us waiting for 3 whole hours!" "Give me that mirror, I can't see myself." "He means me." "Plenty for everybody, even you, an outsider." "A tough life." "But here in Rome..." "We're more polite in Milan." "We know about artistic temperament, of course." "Enjoy your lunch, Pierone!" "No, but have a drink for me." "Dip!" "Heel!" "Get that salad bowl..." "Remember your lines, sweetheart?" "But what he doesn't know is..." "One word from me, and he'll be sent to the border." "How could you miss that?" "Head over heels!" "Crazy about you, like everybody." "Now let those two dopes kiss your hand." "Does the Maharaja know what to do?" "Some manners!" "Some noblemen!" "The more he yells, the less he works." "Bring on the dancing girls!" "Graceful!" "And say your line!" "...please accept with favor..." "And now, Katia, the beautiful, goes up to the canopy..." "They'll see my behind." "With the movements of a tigress and swaying..." "Why go up a stair otherwise?" "Go see what that bitch wants!" "It's ruining her makeup." "When I say "trunks", up they go." "What's with that trunk?" "Get me down!" "There!" "Are you satisfied?" "And it's your fault!" "Out of my way!" "The circus is in Sicily." "You know what they asked?" "Or go back to laying brick!" "Your true calling!" "...a big mistake... that was my mistake!" "Out, everybody!" "I quit!" "No, you're finished." "I'll ruin you!" "I swear he'll never work again." "It would be a blessing never to work with your kind." "I'm going to Germany." "I've had enough of you!" "You were supposed to knock over the first elephant, not the third." "This was the elephant to knock over." "Ah... where've you been hiding?" "...one thing about your films." "What are you doing?" "To hell with him!" "..." "Who cares?" "My mother?" "She never could stand him." "...excuse me." "You have such a beautiful face." "Striking!" "...making a movie?" "We need faces for the characters of Kafka's "Amerika"." "You see Elvis?" "Looks like he has a toothache." "Follow me." "This way." "No, not tests." "Hello, it's Maurizio." "I'll be there with..." "Ladies, there!" "Wardrobe." "That way!" "Where to?" "Over there?" "A taste here, a taste there:" "I put on 80 pounds." "I'm busy..." "Fine as silk." "I'm late, I've got to get a new license." ""Shall I raise the curtain?"" "Massimo, you move to the other side." "Are you shooting?" "Yes, I see, she's a man-eater." "Her lover gives her a bath, like a baby." "I admire Signor Fellini and all, but..." "It's a nice part... beautiful, but..." "You know what a window costs?" "It's no big saving." "...but also sweet." "Oh yes, the quivering nostril." "That's basic." "Yes, I'm listening..." "Stage 2, construction." "Gino, you better take this." "Who's speaking?" "It's of no importance?" "Excuse me, everybody." "Would you mind leaving?" "Outside, please." "The accountants are coming." "It's on us." "I bet." "We just got a terrible call." "It's me, Maurizio." "Gino says not to, but I don't agree." "Maurizio, let's go to the bar." "Right, close it." "Gino, we should alert the studio management." "What if it isn't?" "...at the end of the street." "Signor Gino Millozza." "I got everybody out." "Check the people at the bar." "Yes, where the art directors work." "Any sort of foreign accent?" "Did you hear coins drop?" "I don't think so." "No, it happens often, specially to Gino." "Will somebody take me to the main office?" "They searched everywhere disappointed." "So 40 years in the theater count for nothing." "...they're needed." "...a waste of time?" "A shortcoming?" "The director may be talented, but actors are what movie-making is all about." "Ah, llaria." "It's the third time she's come." "Let me work, will you?" "You won't let me see him because you know..." ""Rivet, you stick close to me."" "...a cigarette." "Poor guy..." "Ceccacci, will you get Rivet off my back?" "I play foreigner, you said." "Fellini felt the part was better suited..." "For this job..." "Good, you can stay in Rome..." "the world's loveliest city!" "All the film Signor Fellini's made..." "Me neither." "Once he called me to play a corpse." "Should I show him to Fellini?" "...Polish Embassy..." "Hungarian..." "If I haven't found what he wants, then I don't know what it is." "...everyone says I'm the Fellini type." "...I've always had this natural tendency." "...I cried more than anybody else." "You want to see tears?" "I've also a brother..." "He also cried at funerals?" "Our whole family's special:" "you can choose." "With photos and the address?" "I snapped it myself." "It was a grand wedding." "People came even from Ancona." "Can't use it." "I'm sure..." "And you?" "But we need fat women, not now it's up to you?" "To do right by him." "Unfortunately..." "This is a terrible day for phone calls." "No, she's a widow." "I'm sorry, I don't see what we can that way we create the atmosphere of an American Street." "And you want to shoot at dusk." "How about a nice gray day, and to hell with dusk?" "Not even Hollywood has costumes like these." "...but with imagination." "...life-size." "...to work out a schedule." "You have to go out there." "...we're taking everybody's picture." "What for?" "Get out of here, Rivet!" "Marcello's here shooting." "He'll drop up later." "Hi there, boys!" "The usual headaches?" "Worse still?" "Sexual problems?" "Forget your woes and up comes your dick!" "Marcello, I have something to tell you." ""Rub... rub..." "Rubaway dirt!"" "A commercial!" "The young Fellini?" "Couldn't I have played him for you?" "Which one?" "I've an idea for the finale." "I'll tell you later." "Come with me a minute." "A musician?" "Gino, I'm going out there!" "Marcello's coming with me." "'bye, Antonella." "Remind me, eh?" "A floral tribute." "I forgot." "I can't breathe if I'm not smoking." "...he'll stop you smoking in 15 minutes." "3 packs a day, and you want to ruin everything." "...Hideo touches his nose: he stops." "You get convulsions like the Maestro if I smoke?" "...or drinking." "Oh yes, a lot... but..." "Frankly, what I like best is jerking off." "...and I'd say it develops..." "My experiences, for example always new characters, who introduced other new ones." "Where are we going?" "Pietro, is this the right road?" "I'm confused too, it's not like I live around here." "Excuse me, father:" "Villa Pandora?" "Where should we go?" "This way." "I'll lead you." "That's it." "Goodbye." "Federico, didn't you tell her?" "The production called her." "Is Marcello all right?" "Let me try." "Anita, it's Federico." ""Federico?"" ""You said for Christmas... in 1981 ..." "Anita, open, I have a surprise for you." "I'm here to see Anita." "Anita Ekberg?" ""Watch out for the dogs, they're fierce."" "Brace yourselves." "She's opening the gate." "You get out." "I'm all excited!" "She stupendous, like a gladiator." "It is you!" "Don't worry, I'm here." "Sergio Rubini, a young actor." "...of being embraced by Anita Ekberg." "Guess." "Another big liar!" "Then they lied to me." "No, not yet." "Still too soon." "Maybe..." "You're nearly there." "...some good wine and roast chestnuts." "Come!" "We should come every weekend." "May I use the phone?" "Sit wherever you like." "Good for you, Giovanna, pass the chestnuts." "You get to work, too." "Open some bottles." "She's still a beautiful woman." "Do they still make chestnut flour?" "I'm from your home town, Ferentino." "Where am I?" "I told you..." "How can you tell so many lies?" "You're beautiful as ever." "Non smokers..." "If this works, I'll sue him." "I'm already suffering withdrawal pains." "When Hideo lifts his hands from stomach, say HENNN." "When he lets go your nose, say HOOON." "You have to what?" "I think I deserve a reward." "But I'd have felt worse had you succeeded." "I'd like to perform a little trick..." ""O magic wand of Mandrake to those days so sublime!"" ""Who are you?" "A goddess?"" ""Are you Eve, the first woman..." "There are many questions I'd like to ask, Anita..." "Fuck you, Marcello!" "I'll get some." "I need a drink myself." "Steady, don't let it wobble!" "Here at Stage 14..." "The tests for... that's it!" "We'll show what it means to shoot a test..." "What it means to be photogenic." "Danilo!" "Where's Danilo?" "Danilo, can you come here a minute?" "...it catches the light." "I saw them, of course, I saw them, they're beautiful." "Do the Charleston!" "while working." "You too, Nello." "Dance then the film itself leads you elsewhere." "...don't belong to the story any more." "Don't I look like her?" "We went to schools, special academies..." "Fellini wanted a delicate, spiritual face..." "I want you to make the same gestures." "The same gesture, in unison..." "Nadia, call Maurizio." "Come here." "They called you." "So just wait." "They'll tell you." "When's the fitting?" "Get back here!" "You're right, but take my advice..." "You're all a bunch of clowns!" "I don't know." "With the lady who was crying earlier." "You're familiar with the character?" "...overbearing, childish, gluttonous..." "Give the lady a fan too." "Look towards her." "Greet her." "Cruciani... eat your sardines." "Carniti... smile at the lady..." "Twirl your moustache smile..." "I know they're disgusting, but your character loves sardines." "You, too, Carniti." "Both of you help her." "You go on eating sardines." "Pour the oil into the palm of your hand." "...for sardines." "You're insane about sardines!" "I'll feed you your lines, don't worry." "Look straight ahead." "And you, Cruciani, lick your lips like a greedy dog." "Signor Fellini, one question:" "Push the wheelchair." "You two, stand on either side of the door." "Now what are you doing?" "...pushing Brunelda in the wheelchair towards the whorehouse." "How should I know?" "You said in the finale I'd be standing..." "The vestal..." "That's been cut." "There goes your cemetery." "Romano, cut the lights before everything blows up." "Somebody up there loves us!" "We can go home." "It might let up." "Maurizio, call them!" "Make them come back!" "And all my papers!" "Okay, give it back!" "What's this all about?" "It's night almost." "When did you ever cook for me?" "...the genuine carbonara." "Come..." "It's almost dawn." "They'll attack now." "Take this: it's loaded." "Stop!" "Was it okay, Chief?" "We've wrapped it!" "Don't ask me." "He said stop." "The film's over, I said." "Merry Christmas." "Goodbye." "Happy holiday." "Somebody give me a push." "I'm stuck." "I'm coming, uncle's little darling." "Hello, Gino?" "Maurizio, here." "Over." "We all go home!" "The film should end here." "...and I hear the words of an old producer of mine." ""Give me a ray of sunshine" he would beg..." "A ray of sunshine?" "..." "Well, let's try."