The Funny Face Shop
Character sketch of Giulietta Masina in NIGHTS OF CABIRIA.
Sam Fuller reports meeting Fellini during the war — he was running “the Funny Face Shop,” drawing caricatures of GIs for cash. “He’s made better pictures since,” recalled Sam (a good line).
Next time somebody makes a Fellini documentary, it ought to include animated sketches. I would like to do this…
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November 12, 2019 at 2:46 pm
Fellini drew sketches of all his characters throughout his career. There’s a book of them available.
November 12, 2019 at 11:00 pm
Terry Gilliam, working with Fellini’s production designer, was told that Fellini would often have sets built then sketch them afterwards so he could claim he’d done the original design. I certainly think that OUGHT to be true.