g recess. The director was born tow years after Mussolini came to power and introduced fascism to Italy. Like all students, Fellini joined a fascist youth group and wore the uniform required for member ship. As a small, personal revolt against the norm, Federico would often make minor "mistakes," like not having his fez, or wearing brown shoes instead of black. All of these aspects of his personality, including his love for women and his incredible artistic qualities could be readily seen in his films. His most famous movies are often considered grotesque, many of which are scored by Nino Rota and starring Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masini. Fellini collaborated as a scriptwriter with Roberto Rosselini on the films The Open City and Paisan, which he directed some of. His first film as solo director was the White Shark, which as followed by I Vitelloni. La Strada won international recognition with its Oscar for best foreign film. Fellini's second Oscar was with the Nights of Cabiria. He became best known for his film, La Dolce Vita, in 1960. His third film to win an Oscar, 8 , used stream of consciousness to explore the inner feelings of a film director himself during the course of the production. In Juliet of the Spirits, Fellini's wife portrayed a housewife driven purely by her own fantasies. Fellini-Satyricon became a cult movie for the late 1960's; Roma, though often ignored, may be one of Fellini's most artistically impressive films. His final Oscar winning film, Amacord, was meant to represent Fellini's adolecence in Rimini. His later work has not been held in as high esteem. His most recent movies, Casanova, City of Women, And the Ship Sails on, and Ginger e Fred, show the lack of reality in our society and its replacement by television. Even though he did not like television, Fellini made two television movies called the Clowns, and the Orchestra Rehearsal. In 1989, Fellini made a movie called La Voce ...
