Fellini and L&H

[Jim Burns]

Can't remember if this was ever commented on, here...

Years ago, Fellini was planning to do a big action picture, which he
wound up doing--

As a comic book!

--Or graphic novel, if you prefer, in partnership with Milo Manera
(spelling), the famed European comics artist.

Today, in a book store, I was glancing through an art book collecting
some of Fellini's sketches, and other graphic works and doodles, when I
found myself looking through some storyboards the director had noodled
for the aforementioned movie:

And there were Laurel and Hardy, as rendered by the maestro of the
surreal...

Apparently, the film was to feature a sequence where a plane was hit by
lightning. On board the aircraft, the passengers are watching a film
starring Stan and Ollie.

I've never seen the Fellini/Manara graphic novel, so I don't know if the
episode made it into the "final cut," but it was certainly unexpected,
and fun, to see the boys as depicted by the director.

No doubt, Fellini first saw their films, as a youth, in Italy.

Jim Burns

[Frank J. Lhota]

In one of the European versions of "Chickens Come Home" (1931), the
blackmail photograph shows the Mae Busch character riding on the back of
Oliver Hardy. One cannot help but wonder if this inspired a memorable scene
in "La Dolce Vita", where a similar situation occurs at a party.
--
"All things extant in this world,
Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,
Let everything be as it should be;
Thus shall it be!"
- Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"

"Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,
Time for this one to come home!"
- Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"

[Matt Barry]

When asked to list his ten favorite films of all time, Fellini listed, at
no. 3, "any Marx Bros. or Laurel and Hardy film".
--
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Post by Jim Burns
Can't remember if this was ever commented on, here...
Years ago, Fellini was planning to do a big action picture, which he
wound up doing--
As a comic book!
--Or graphic novel, if you prefer, in partnership with Milo Manera
(spelling), the famed European comics artist.
Today, in a book store, I was glancing through an art book collecting
some of Fellini's sketches, and other graphic works and doodles, when I
found myself looking through some storyboards the director had noodled
And there were Laurel and Hardy, as rendered by the maestro of the
surreal...
Apparently, the film was to feature a sequence where a plane was hit by
lightning. On board the aircraft, the passengers are watching a film
starring Stan and Ollie.
I've never seen the Fellini/Manara graphic novel, so I don't know if the
episode made it into the "final cut," but it was certainly unexpected,
and fun, to see the boys as depicted by the director.
No doubt, Fellini first saw their films, as a youth, in Italy.
Jim Burns

[b***@rogers.com]

Post by Matt Barry
When asked to list his ten favorite films of all time, Fellini listed, at
no. 3, "any Marx Bros. or Laurel and Hardy film".

In the Fellini film 'Clowns', one of the clowns has a signed photo of
him
(the clown) and Laurel and Hardy

Post by Matt Barry

Post by Jim Burns
Can't remember if this was ever commented on, here...
Years ago, Fellini was planning to do a big action picture, which he
wound up doing--
As a comic book!
--Or graphic novel, if you prefer, in partnership with Milo Manera
(spelling), the famed European comics artist.
Today, in a book store, I was glancing through an art book collecting
some of Fellini's sketches, and other graphic works and doodles, when I
found myself looking through some storyboards the director had noodled
And there were Laurel and Hardy, as rendered by the maestro of the
surreal...
Apparently, the film was to feature a sequence where a plane was hit by
lightning. On board the aircraft, the passengers are watching a film
starring Stan and Ollie.
I've never seen the Fellini/Manara graphic novel, so I don't know if the
episode made it into the "final cut," but it was certainly unexpected,
and fun, to see the boys as depicted by the director.
No doubt, Fellini first saw their films, as a youth, in Italy.
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