Used in a Sentence

fellini

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fellini.

Editorial note

As Fellini said, people would watch movies in pyjamas while the dog was barking outside spoiling it all.

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Quick take

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fellini gathered in one view.

N

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

N

a Brazilian rock band formed in São Paulo in 1984 by Cadão Volpato (vocals, harmonica), Jair Marcos (guitar), Ricardo Salvagni (drums and percussion), and former Voluntários da Pátria and Smack member Thomas Pappon (bass and occasionally other instruments).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fellini.

N

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

N

a Brazilian rock band formed in São Paulo in 1984 by Cadão Volpato (vocals, harmonica), Jair Marcos (guitar), Ricardo Salvagni (drums and percussion), and former Voluntários da Pátria and Smack member Thomas Pappon (bass and occasionally other instruments).

Example sentences

1

As Fellini said, people would watch movies in pyjamas while the dog was barking outside spoiling it all.

2

People sing songs, rant, dress up in weird costumes, it's a little slice of a Fellini movie.

3

The extreme example of this is how Fellini recorded audio separately in the studio, not while filming.

4

The Italian movie director Frederico Fellini hated television because it destroyed the ceremony of movie theatres.

5

It’s like saying the Godfather isn’t valid art because Fellini made movies in Italy.

6

I was very much a Fellini person, and the Bergman-Tarkovsky school seemed cryptic (at best) at the time.

7

Can't AI autogenerate more content so that we had more Fellini movies or at least more Sherlock Holmes stories?

8

This is a remarkable statement when Fellini and Kieślowski exist.

9

Sounds almost like a fever dreamy Fellini movie.

10

Classic Italian films were almost always dubbed by their original actors, to the point that Fellini sometimes didn't even write portions of the dialog till after filming was done.

11

(I’m looking at you Mindy Kaling.) > It’s like saying the Godfather isn’t valid art because Fellini made movies in Italy.

12

I used to have one in the local paper, he could rate movies as a representative of their genre, instead of comparing the latest Marvel AAA CGI fest to Fellini and being disappointed because the Marvel one wasn't as deep.

Quote examples

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It depends if you are talking about the latest Iron Man or "La Strada" from Fellini.

2

But it would be sad if you never saw "La Strada" because you thought all of Fellini's films were impenetrable.

3

“It is not a determinant of what makes a good film.” Coppola is no Fellini, nor a Michael Bay.

4

"A different language is a different version of life" - Fellini I agree completely.

Proper noun examples

1

This is very much on-style both for dream movies in general (ever watched anything Lynch/Tarkovsky/Fellini?) and Kubrick.

2

I get my Italian stereotypes from Fellini's Satyricon, Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo and Greenaway's Belly of an Architect.

3

Federico Fellini) could, likewise, be shoehorned into a discussion of the arc of the film--which it, itself deconstructs in the third scene or so.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fellini in a sentence?

As Fellini said, people would watch movies in pyjamas while the dog was barking outside spoiling it all.

What does fellini mean?

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

What part of speech is fellini?

fellini is commonly used as N.