Fellini’s work is celebrated from Italy to Beverly Hills

On Jan. 24, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, home of the Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, opens an exhibition on five-time Oscar winner Federico Fellini as part of a wider celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Italian director’s iconic “La Dolce Vita.”

“Fellini Oniricon — The Book of Dreams” includes notes and sketches revealing the director’s rich interior life, including a passage of text describing a dream he had about having sex on a train with the blond bombshell Anita Ekberg.

Fellini, who died in 1993, was born in Rimini in 1920. His longtime wife and muse, Giulietta Masina, who costarred with Anthony Quinn in Fellini’s 1956 masterpiece “La Strada,” died shortly after he did.

The Adriatic seacoast town’s airport, grand hotel and park are all named for the director, and the Fellini Foundation there mounts exhibition and conferences devoted to the maestro.

The exhibit runs through April 19 in the academy’s grand lobby, which is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Location: 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 247-3000.

– Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo: Federico Fellini receives an honorary Oscar shortly before his death in 1993; Reuters]

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