(Fellini was born January 20, 1920, in Rimini, Italy). Not only is it about time, it’s the perfect time- the 100th birthday of the director. Also included are Criterion newcomers Il bidone (1955), the vital short Toby Dammit (1968), and Intervista (1987), meaning that, in this one fell swoop, and once Kino Lorber releases Fellini’s Casanova in December, almost all of the filmmaker’s singular feature films will have come out on Blu-ray in North America (the stomping ground of this critic). All the heavy hitters- La dolce vita, 8 1/2, La strada, among others- are here.
Included are all of the Fellini titles that Criterion has ever released, many of which have not been previously made available on Blu-ray due to having been forced out of print for many years. Titles span from the start of Fellini’s career to quite nearly the end, covering all of his major thematic shifts and often wild creative phases. The fact that this set is far from complete in terms of Fellini’s films does not mean that it is not comprehensive. In other words, amid the mundane drain of the everyday, the circus of Federico Fellini is in town. Creative energy is on the menu, forcefully and unrestrained. The company of entertainers are moving in, the greasepaint is thickening, and libidos are boiling in step.
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