Federico Fellinis script for perhaps the most famous unmade film in Italian cinema,The Journey of G. Mastorna(1965/6), is published here for the first time in full English translation. It offers the reader a remarkable insight into Fellinis creative process and his fascination with human mortality and the great mystery of death. Written in collaboration with Dino Buzzati, Brunello Rondi, and Bernardino Zapponi, the project was ultimately abandoned for a number of reasons, including Fellinis near death, although it continued to inhabit his creative imagination and the landscape of his films for the rest of his career.

Marcus Perryman has written two supporting essays which discuss the reasons why the film was never made, compare it to the two other films in the trilogyLa Dolce Vita and8, and analyze the script in the light ofIts a Wonderful Life and Fredric Browns sci-fi novelWhat Mad Universe. In doing so he opens up an entire world of connections to Fellinis other films, writers and collaborators. It should be essential reading for students and academics studying Fellinis work.

Federico Felliniis considered to be one of Italys greatest modern film directors. He began his career working as a script writer for Roberto Rossellini but later, as a director, developed his own striking cinematic style, which blended memories, dreams, and fantasy and explored themes such as redemption, faith, and decadence. During his forty-year career he won five academy awards.

Foreword

Preface
Peter Bondanella

Introduction

The Journey of G. Mastornaby Federico Fellini
(with the collaboration of Dino Buzzati, Brunello Rondi and Bernardino Zapponi)

ImaginingMastorna

Selected Bibliography
Index