Was Fellini’s surreal style a rejection of Italian society?
A rejection? No, not precisely. It was more like a different way of seeing, a way to embrace the glorious, often ridiculous, circus of life. Society, in its earnest attempts at order and logic, can be so… tiresome. My films explore the hidden impulses, the fantasies that bubble beneath the surface of everyday life. The surreal, the dreamlike – these are not an escape from reality, but a deeper dive into its complex, contradictory heart. I wanted to show the masks people wear, the elaborate *maschera* they present to the world, and the wild, untamed spirit that lies beneath.
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