Cool Stuff: Criterion Collection Announces Federico Fellini 15-Disc Box Set Packed With Special Features
Federico Fellini is one of the greatest Italian filmmakers of all time. This year marks the late director's 100th birthday, and in honor of his contribution to cinema, Criterion Collection has announced a 15-disc box set packed with 14 of his theatrical releases, a slew of documentaries about his life and work, feature commentaries, video essays, essays, and much more. It's the ultimate box set for the most hardcore Federico Fellini fans, and I can't wait to get it.
Criterion Collection Federico Fellini Box Set
The news of the Criterion Collection Federico Fellini box set comes on the same day that Criterion Collection released their new Agnès Varda box set. While the Fellini box set isn't quite as big (watch a trailer for it over here), it still comes chock full of his best movies and a bunch of other media that you'd have a hard time tracking down anywhere else. Here's the list of movies included in the box set:
Having the movies is good enough for this box set, but beyond that, there are all these special features that come packed in the box set you see above. The special features include:
Though I haven't taken a dive into the filmographies of many classic foreign film directors, Federico Fellini is one of my favorite filmmakers. Fellini has influenced many filmmakers working today, including fellow Italian director Martin Scorsese, and if you look at these old films, you'll find some flairs of what Scorsese would bring to the table in his career.
The Criterion Collection Federico Fellini box set will cost $199.96, and it arrives on November 24, 2020.