Frederico Fellini (January 20, 1920 to October 31, 1993), director of film classics like La Strada (1954), had a happy childhood. As a young boy he read Il corriere dei piccoli at school. This was an Italian children’s magazine that reproduced traditional American cartoons..Cartoons like "Felix the Cat" so impressed the boy that he later collected and bound these magazines.
At the latter end of a career in film, Fellini, in 1985, received a Film Society of Lincoln Center Award for Cinematic Achievement. He was the first non-Hollywood director to receive the award, and Fellini, on June 10, received the award graciously, commenting, that he knew Americans were nice every since he saw "Felix the Cat" as a child.
At the latter end of a career in film, Fellini, in 1985, received a Film Society of Lincoln Center Award for Cinematic Achievement. He was the first non-Hollywood director to receive the award, and Fellini, on June 10, received the award graciously, commenting, that he knew Americans were nice every since he saw "Felix the Cat" as a child.
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