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Film disowned?

posted 19 years ago by lynxx55
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Is it true that Fellini wanted his name removed from the finished film, or was that some of the actors? Thanks in advance for any information about this.

[–] rosabelverde_1127 19 years ago

> Is it true that Fellini wanted his name removed from the finished film, or was that some of the actors?

In all my Fellini readings (the books are listed here http://imdb.com/board/bd0000032/flat/41114571; the interviews and film script books are missing from the list) as yet I never came across anyone who wanted their names removed from the film, Fellini is the most unlikely of all, and why should he? I couldn't exclude it was one of the actors, though, but I've no idea who.

Regards, Rosabel

[–] yakko_san 19 years ago

Perhaps you mean that he wanted his name removed from the title "Fellini Satyricon"...

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[–] rosabelverde_1127 19 years ago

Oh, so that's what the OP wanted to know, I had missed the meaning of the question.

Yes, it's more or less as you say, except that it was a case of 2 producers against each other. After Fellini had announced he was going to make "Satyricon", the producer Alfredo Bini who already in 1962 wanted to produce a Satyricon film hastened to have another film of the same title made by Polidoro in a very short time. It was Fellini's producer Grimaldi who lost the case against Bini, that's why Fellini's film got the title "Fellini Satyricon".

Regards, Rosabel

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