"A telegram from Federico", by Dominique Delouche

Series of talks: “The Fellini laboratory”

Behind the poetic power and mechanics of memory deployed in Fellini’s films lay a “complex production process” (preparatory drawings, the meticulous choice of actors, etc.) which had both the experimental quality of a laboratory and the organisational rigour of a “factory,” a fantasy factory where the tasks of desire were divided up and allotted. The end result of this process combining seemingly heterogeneous activities was the coherent and indivisible finished work. This series of talks looks at Fellini’s working processes from four different angles.

> 2: “A telegram from Federico”, by Dominique Delouche,
filmmaker and former assistant to Fellini, and Hélène Delprat, artist.

“Started film two weeks ago and invite you to Rome Monday 23 stop”: this telegram dated 15 May 1955 was sent to Dominique Delouche, author of Mes felliniennes années (Paris, P.a.s. Éditions, 2007). Hélène Delprat talks to Fellini’s former assistant about working with the maestro, notably on Il Bidone, Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita.

Tuesday 17 November, 7 pm. Free entrance on presentation of the exhibition ticket (valid same day only) and for members.