Federico Fellini

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Federico Fellini or Frederico Rimini-Fellini, as people who lived at the same time as him called him, (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993)was an Italian film-maker. Of all the Italian film-makers of the 20th century (1900 to 2000), he was one of the ones who were most respected and who had the most effect on other people. He is considered to be one of the best film (movie) directors (makers) of all time.

[change] Quotes

• A different language is a different vision of life.

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  Simple:A different language is a different way to see life.

• All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

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  Simple:All art is saying something about the person making the art. A pearl is the oyster's story about the oyster. (An oyster is a fish with two shells. A pearl is a beautiful round white thing that grows in the oyster and is used to make beautiful chains that a woman wears around her neck.)

• Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

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  Simple:Even if I decided to make a movie about a piece of fish, the movie would be about me.