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==Influence and legacy== [[File:Fellini plaque, Via Veneto.jpg|thumb|Dedicatory plaque to Fellini on [[Via Veneto]], Rome:<br />"To Federico Fellini, who made [[Via Veneto]] the stage for the ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' – [[SPQR]] – 20 January 1995"]] Personal and highly [[idiosyncratic]] visions of society, Fellini's films are a unique combination of memory, dreams, fantasy and desire. The adjectives "Fellinian" and "Felliniesque" are "synonymous with any kind of extravagant, fanciful, even baroque image in the cinema and in art in general".{{sfn|Bondanella|2002|p=8}} ''La Dolce Vita'' contributed the term ''[[paparazzi]]'' to the English language, derived from Paparazzo, the photographer friend of journalist Marcello Rubini ([[Marcello Mastroianni]]).<ref>Ennio Flaiano, the film's co-screenwriter and creator of Paparazzo, explained that he took the name from Signor Paparazzo, a character in [[George Gissing]]'s novel ''By the Ionian Sea'' (1901). Bondanella, ''The Cinema of Federico Fellini'', p. 136</ref> Contemporary filmmakers such as [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Woody Allen]], [[Pedro Almodóvar]], [[Roy Andersson]], [[Darren Aronofsky]], [[Greta Gerwig]], [[Ari Aster]], [[Tim Burton]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timburtoncollective.com/influences.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616054156/http://www.timburtoncollective.com/influences.html|url-status=dead|title=Tim Burton Collective|archive-date=16 June 2007}}</ref> [[Terry Gilliam]],<ref>[http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/gilliam.html Gilliam at Senses of Cinema] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209065159/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/gilliam.html |date=9 February 2010 }}; accessed 17 September 2008.</ref> [[Emir Kusturica]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041127163516/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_29/ai_55683952 Kusturica Interview at BNET]; accessed 17 September 2008.</ref> [[Peter Greenaway]], [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]], [[Luca Guadagnino]], [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]], [[Yorgos Lanthimos]], [[George Lucas]], [[David Lynch]],<ref>[http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/quotecollection/infl.html City of Absurdity Quote Collection]; accessed 17 September 2008.</ref> [[Paolo Sorrentino]], and [[Giuseppe Tornatore]] have cited Fellini's influence on their work. Polish director [[Wojciech Has]], whose two best-received films, ''[[The Saragossa Manuscript (film)|The Saragossa Manuscript]]'' (1965) and ''[[The Hour-Glass Sanatorium]]'' (1973), are examples of [[modernist]] fantasies, has been compared to Fellini for the sheer "luxuriance of his images".<ref>Gilbert Guez, review of ''The Saragossa Manuscript'' in ''[[Le Figaro]]'', September 1966, p. 23</ref> [[Roman Polanski]] considered Fellini to be among the three film-makers he favored most, along with [[Akira Kurosawa]] and [[Orson Welles]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Morrison|2007|p=160}}.</ref> ''I Vitelloni'' inspired European directors [[Juan Antonio Bardem]], [[Marco Ferreri]], and [[Lina Wertmüller]] and influenced [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Mean Streets]]'' (1973),<ref name="HM-202103">{{cite magazine |last=Scorsese |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Scorsese |title=Il Maestro – Federico Fellini and the lost magic of cinema |url=https://harpers.org/archive/2021/03/il-maestro-federico-fellini-martin-scorsese/ |date=March 2021 |magazine=[[Harper's Magazine]] |accessdate=October 28, 2022 }}</ref> [[George Lucas]]'s ''[[American Graffiti]]'' (1974), [[Joel Schumacher]]'s ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'' (1985), and [[Barry Levinson]]'s ''[[Diner (1982 film)|Diner]]'' (1982), among many others.{{sfn|Kezich|2006|p=137}} When the American magazine ''Cinema'' asked [[Stanley Kubrick]] in 1963 to name his ten favorite films, he ranked ''[[I Vitelloni]]'' number one.<ref>Ciment, Michel. [http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/milestones.html "Kubrick: Biographical Notes"]; accessed 23 December 2009.</ref> International film directors who have named ''La Strada'' as one of their favorite films include [[Stanley Kwan]], [[Anton Corbijn]], [[Gillies MacKinnon]], [[Andreas Dresen]], [[Jiří Menzel]], [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]], [[Rajko Grlić]], [[Spike Lee]], [[Laila Pakalniņa]], [[Ann Hui]], [[Akira Kurosawa]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Akira kurosawa Lists His 100 Favourite Films|url=https://www.openculture.com/2015/01/akira-kurosawas-list-of-his-100-favorite-movies.html|website=openculture}}</ref> [[Kazuhiro Soda]], [[Julian Jarrold]], [[Krzysztof Zanussi]], and [[Andrey Konchalovsky]].<ref>{{cite web|title=strada, La|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6b6b7aca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820024532/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6b6b7aca|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2012|work=The Greatest Films Poll – Sight & Sound|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> [[David Cronenberg]] credits ''La Strada'' for opening his eyes to the possibilities of cinema when, as a child, he saw adults leave a showing of the film openly weeping.<ref name="Konbini">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veBhrS9Dkmk |title=Le Vidéo Club de David Cronenberg : de Brigitte Bardot à Total Recall (avec du Cannes et Star Wars) |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> ''Nights of Cabiria'' was adapted as the Broadway musical ''[[Sweet Charity]]'' and the movie ''[[Sweet Charity (film)|Sweet Charity]]'' (1969) by [[Bob Fosse]] starring [[Shirley MacLaine]]. ''City of Women'' was adapted for the Berlin stage by [[Frank Castorf]] in 1992.{{sfn|Burke|1996|p=20}} ''{{Fraction|8|1|2}}'' inspired, among others, ''[[Mickey One]]'' ([[Arthur Penn]], 1965), ''[[Alex in Wonderland]]'' ([[Paul Mazursky]], 1970), ''[[Beware of a Holy Whore]]'' ([[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], 1971), ''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]'' ([[François Truffaut]], 1973), ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'' ([[Bob Fosse]], 1979), ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' ([[Woody Allen]], 1980), ''[[Sweet Dreams (1981 film)|Sogni d'oro]]'' ([[Nanni Moretti]], 1981), ''[[Planet Parade|Parad Planet]]'' ([[Vadim Abdrashitov]], 1984), ''[[La Película del rey]]'' ([[Carlos Sorin]], 1986), ''[[Living in Oblivion]]'' ([[Tom DiCillo]], 1995), ''[[8½ Women|{{Fraction|8|1|2}} Women]]'' ([[Peter Greenaway]], 1999), ''[[Falling Down]]'' ([[Joel Schumacher]], 1993), and the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' ([[Maury Yeston]] and [[Arthur Kopit]], 1982).<ref>Numerous sources include Affron, Alpert, Bondanella, Kezich, Miller ''et al.''{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Yo-Yo Boing!]]'' (1998), a Spanish novel by Puerto Rican writer [[Giannina Braschi]], features a dream sequence with Fellini inspired by ''{{Fraction|8|1|2}}''.<ref>Introduction to Giannina Braschi's ''Yo-Yo Boing!'', Doris Sommer, Harvard University, Latin American Literary Review Press, 1998.<!--ISSN/ISBN, page(s) needed--></ref> ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]'' by Woody Allen is a loose reworking of Fellini's 1965 film ''Juliet of the Spirits''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Billy |url=https://brightlightsfilm.com/mia-spirits-woody-allens-alice-1990/ |title=Mia of the Spirits: Woody Allen's ''Alice'' (1990) |website=[[Bright Lights Film Journal]] |date=October 15, 2016 |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> Fellini's work is referenced on the albums ''[[Fellini Days]]'' (2001) by [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]'' (1964) by ''[[Bob Dylan]]'' with ''[[Motorpsycho Nitemare]]'', ''[[Funplex]]'' (2008) by [[the B-52's]] with the song ''Juliet of the Spirits'', and in the opening traffic jam of the music video ''Everybody Hurts'' by R.E.M.{{sfn|Miller|2008|p=7}} American singer [[Lana Del Rey]] has cited Fellini as an influence.<ref>{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Sciarretto|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/lana-del-rey-is-working-on-new-music-and-shared-some-hints-about-it/11313805|title=Lana Del Rey Is Working on New Music and Shared Some Hints About It|work=[[Artistdirect]]|date=20 January 2015|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224065550/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/lana-del-rey-is-working-on-new-music-and-shared-some-hints-about-it/11313805|url-status=dead}}</ref> His work influenced the American TV shows ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' and ''[[Third Rock from the Sun]]''.{{sfn|Burke|Waller|2003|p=15}} [[Wes Anderson]]'s short film ''[[Castello Cavalcanti]]'' (2013) is in many places a direct homage to Fellini.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/13/wes_anderson_new_short_film_castello_cavalcanti_starring_jason_schwartzman.html|title= Wes Anderson Honors Fellini in a Delightful New Short Film|access-date=12 November 2013|work=Slate|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> In 1996, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked Fellini tenth on its "50 Greatest Directors" list.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greatest Film Directors and Their Best Films |publisher=[[Filmsite.org]] |url=http://www.filmsite.org/directors5.html |access-date=19 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419021840/http://www.filmsite.org/directors2.html|archive-date=19 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Greatest Film Directors|url=https://www.filmsite.org/directors.html|website=filmsite.org}}</ref> In 2002 [[MovieMaker]] magazine ranked Fellini No. 9 on their list of ''The 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/25-most-influential-directors-of-all-time-scorsese-kubrick-welles/4/|website=MovieMaker|date=7 July 2002}}</ref> In 2007, ''[[Total Film]]'' magazine ranked Fellini at No. 67 on its "100 Greatest Film Directors Ever" list.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Directors Ever by ''Total Film'' Magazine |publisher=[[Filmsite.org]] |url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatdirectors-totalfilm2.html |access-date=19 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702113557/http://www.filmsite.org/greatdirectors-totalfilm.html|archive-date=2 July 2014 }}</ref> Various film-related material and personal papers of Fellini are in the [[Wesleyan University]] Cinema Archives, to which scholars and media experts have full access.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/cinema|title=Cinema Archives|publisher=[[Wesleyan University]]}}</ref> In October 2009, the [[Jeu de Paume]] in Paris opened an exhibit devoted to Fellini that included ephemera, television interviews, behind-the-scenes photographs, ''The Book of Dreams'' (based on 30 years of the director's illustrated dreams and notes), along with excerpts from ''La dolce vita'' and ''{{Fraction|8|1|2}}''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Tamzin |date=3 November 2009 |title=Federico Fellini |url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/32958/federico-fellini |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221134300/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/32958/federico-fellini |archive-date=21 December 2016 |access-date=13 January 2021 |publisher=[[Modern Painters (magazine)|Modern Painters]] |website=www.blouinartinfo.com}}</ref> In 2014 the weekly entertainment-[[trade magazine]] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that French director [[Sylvain Chomet]] was moving forward with ''[[The Thousand Miles]]'', a project based on various Fellini works, including his unpublished drawings and writings.<ref>[https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sylvain-chomet-steps-up-for-the-thousand-miles-1201219944 "Sylvain Chomet Steps Up for ''The Thousand Miles''], Variety.com; accessed 28 August 2017.</ref> Also in 2014, the [[Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps]] performed their program ''Felliniesque'', a show inspired by the works and life of Fellini. This show would go on to earn the gold medal at the [[Drum Corps International]] 2014 world championships, and as of 2024 is the highest scoring show in [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|Drum corps]] history with a score of 99.650. The [[Fellini Museum]], which showcases his films and collection, was inaugurated in Rimini in August 2021.<ref name=NYT-2021>{{cite news |title=A Fellini Museum, as Lavish as His Movies |date=31 August 2021 |last=Povoledo |first=Elisabetta |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=19 August 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/movies/fellini-museum-rimini-italy.html}}</ref>
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