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This year is the twentieth anniversary of the death of

FEDERICO FELLINIand exactly 50 years since the world-wide release of his cinematographic masterpiece

EIGHT AND A HALFwhich has outlived him and will outlive all of us.

What is your organisation planning to do to commemorate these two historical events?

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OF FEDERICO FELLINI

photos by Gideon Bachmann

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Bachmann met Fellini in New York in January of 1956 and the two became friends. When Fellini started work on Eight and a Half he invited Bachmann to attend the shooting and gave him complete freedom in shooting photographs on the set.

But Bachmann did not shoot pictures of the scenes of the film that was taking shape under his eyes; he concentrated, instead, on photographing Fellini himself involved in the process of creation.

The result was a series of over 3000 photographs that document the mood, the craft, the personal likes and dislikes, the anger and the joy, the friendships and the encounters on the set – in short, the picture of the man Fellini in his most intimate moments during the process of creation.

These photographs represent the most accurate visual description of the creative personality in all his ups and downs, in his personal relationships, his creative decisions and his private life.

ZeroImages suggest a series of events built around an extraordinary exhibition of candid, personal photographs shot on the set of Eight and a Half by Gideon Bachmann, an old friend of Fellini’s and a photographer for Life magazine.

GIDEON BACHMANN

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The archive

For 5o years, the negatives of the shots that Bachmann took in 1962-63 remained boxed in his archive. When Bachmann moved from Rome to Germany, he turned over his archive to Cinemazero. Here they were digitalised and sorted, in order to make this treasure available to us today.Of the more than 3000 photographs that Bachmann took at the time, 170 have been chosen, printed, enlarged, framed and prepared for exhibition. This exhibition, entitled Eight and a Half – The Voyage of Federico Fellini has already been seen in Madrid, Helsinki, Rimini (Fellini’s birthtown) and Amsterdam.A documentary film has also been made based on these photographs, entitled The Last Sequence, which documents the fact that Fellini originally shot two endings to his film, but later discarded one of these, and only Bachmann’s photographs remain from this unseen sequence.Cinemazero has also published an elaborate book – essentially a catalogue of the exhibition – in which all of the 170 black-and-white photographs are reproduced and which includes transcripts of conversations with Fellini, articles by critics of the time, factual information about the film and Gideon Bachmann’s Harvard Lecture, a famous text that he delivered at Harvard University in the USA after his experience of watching Fellini create his masterpiece, and which situates the director in the framework of Italian culture of the time.

Review

The following is an excerpt from an article that was published about the exhibition Eight and a Half – The Voyage of Federico Fellini on the occasion of its presentation at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain:

«Exactly 50 years after the release of Fellini’s masterpiece Eight and a Half, an exhibition of 170 photograaphs, taken from the more than 3000 shots taken on the set of this film by the American photographer (and film critic) Gideon Bachmann, has surfaced and is now available for exhibition at museums, cinematheques, public culture centers, film festivals and revival series of Fellini films in cinemas. The photos were recently rediscovered in the archives of Gideon Bachmann by the curators of Cinemazero, a film-cultural foundation in the North of Italy and are made available through them.

This is a unique opportunity to rediscover the genesis of the singular film which is Eight and a Half. After 50 years still a classic of the big screen. Bachmann’s gorgeous photographs intimately capture the “caravan atmosphere” that characterised the set – the comings and goings of visitors, the nervous activism of the director as the pivot of an immense organisation, all the foibles and jokes on the set, and the many onlookers and participants whose bodies and behavior later came to be recognised as “Fellinian”. We see the great director as a human being, as an alchimist, who held this whole menagerie together to create the perfect mixture which is Eight and a Half. In these photographs we can see, physically, how this great goal was achieved. We are taken back, as if he were alive, into Fellini’s world.

The Last SequenceLa Tivù di FelliniDirected by Mario Sesti,Tatti Sanguineti. Lenght: 51’

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The primary subject of the collection of photographs is the director’s body itself. Bachmann’s attention to gestures and fleeting expressions, to very personal, almost secretive moments, both on the set and the area of Cinecitta (where the film was shot) around it, the reactions of the many visitors, all document a living page in the history and exuberance of Italian cinema of the time. And all the 170 photographs are reproduced in the marvellous 145-page book that serves as a catalogue to the exhibition, and which includes texts by Fellini, Mastroianni, other critics and by Bachmann himself, who in his Harvard Lecture places the phenomenon of Fellini in the context of Italian culture and sociology.

Among the photos there are portrais of Fellini, Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo and many others, plus shots of people like Sophia Loren and other greats of the Italian cinema visiting the set. And of course the film’s most famous scenes – Mastroianni in the tub in the “Harem”, the final catwalk with all the participants, the Saraghina on the beach, and endless shots of the director directing, cajoling, flattering, scolding, begging and forcing the performances out of the actors.

This is the best record of the creative process by a director that we have seen.

The captions chosen to accompany the photos in the catalogue book (31 x 22 cm, 145 pages) are evocative of Fellini’s world, a world of doubts, long waiting periods, massive confusion, but also of quiet silences, small lies, patience, subterfuge, human ardor and rapture.

The impact of the exhibition was considerably enhanced by the presence of the photographer himself. Gideon Bachmann commented the exhibition, answered questions, spoke at length about his experiences (including very personal moments) and commented each photo by telling the story of its creation. This made the viewing of the exhibit an extremely vivid, alive and intimate experience.»

Technical data

—170 photos of 30 x 45 cm under glass with black frames and no borders or can be supplied as unframed prints for you to mount on large passepartous this is cheaper and more effective visually.

— a caption, taken from a variety of literary sources, accompanieseach photo. — catalogue book reproducing all 170 photos and accompanied by 8 collectible postcards in a box.

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8 1/2 is the essence of cinema

— Terry Gilliam

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MATERIALS AND IDEAS TO ENHANCE THE EXHIBITION

Presence of the photographerGideon Bachmann - well known

journalist, photographer on the main sets of the sixties and seventies, director of very important documentaries - now lives in Karlsruhe, Germany. He normally travels to the venue for the opening ceremony of the exhibition, to introduce the photos and to tell the (often funny) story of their creation. These events have in the past caused considerable media attention, having been covered by newspapers and television stations in the countries concerned. Mr. Bachmann is available for this activity for a fee plus his travel and hotel expenses.

Film screeningsOne obvious suggestion to

accompany the exhibition in your area is a screening of the film Eight and a Half in the newly available, enhanced and restored version. This screening would have to be agreed with the local distributor, if any, of the film in your country. What we can supply to you directly is a one-hour film made by Gideon Bachmann while Fellini was making Satyricon, which remains to this day the only documentary that shows Fellini at work making a film. It is entitled Ciao, Federico! and is what Bachmann calls a documentary comedy. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, has been widely screened on television, and gained prizes at festivals.

Other screeningsYou may also wish to enlarge

the screening scope by showing other films by Federico Fellini in a cycle during the time the exhibit is open in your area. Possibly Mr. Bachmann, if he comes for the opening of the exhibit, could also comment on other work by Fellini and tell stories from his private life and recount the trials and tribulations in the year it took to make the film Ciao, Federico!

In addition to the exhibit of the 170 photos themselves and the catalogue book mentioned above, we suggest the following additional materials and services.

DVDsThere exists a wonderfully restored

DVD of Eight and a Half issued by Criterion in the USA.

This DVD contains, on the bonus sound track, a running commentary by Mr. Bachmann telling the entire story of the making of this film. Once your audience has seen the screening of the film itself on the big screen, you may wish to play back for those interested, the DVD version including Mr. Bachmann’s sound commentray.

Catalogue and postersThe catalogue book mentioned

here is published in the Italian language, but the Harvard Lecture can be supplied in its original English as a supplement to the catalogue book. You may obtain the catalogue book from Cinemazero at a reduced cost and can sell it to your viewers at a small gain.

Cinemazero will also be pleased to supply one or more photographs, which you may choose from the catalogue book, for use in the printing of posters announcing the exhibition in your area.

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Since Gideon Bachmann shot more than 3000 photographs on the set of Eight and a Half, and the currently offered exhibit contains only 170, there exists, obviously, the possibility of enlarging the exhibit by adding additional photos.

This could be done with specific criteria in mind, such as shots of Fellini directing, shots of Fellini off the set, shots of the setting-up of specific scenes in the film, shots of Fellini working with actors, etc etc.For this purpose, all the photos taken by Mr. Bachmann have been digitalised by Cinemazero and can be seen in low resolution with watermarks in the internet (please request contact!)

On the other hand, if your space is limited, we could also cut down the number of photographs, and in such a case would send you a catalogue copy so you can choose the pictures you would like to obtain.

The net cost to you of the exhibit (170 photos) is Euros 7,000 per calendar month but could be adjusted according to your type of institution and its potential.

Insurance costs “nail to nail” are an additional Euros 450. Shipping in both directions (to and from Pordenone, Italy) is at your expence.

If you plan to show the exhibition at more than one place without an intermission between exposures, a discount could be applied.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further need for information or wish to discuss with us the particular requirements of your situation.

OTHER INFORMATION

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Riccardo CostantiniCoordinatore CinemazeroPiazza della Motta33170 Pordenone, [email protected]: +39 043 452 0404fax: +39 043 452 2603www.cinemazero.it

Gideon Bachmann [email protected]

(all arrangements should be made through Cinemazero)

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