Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface to the English Edition: After The Great Beauty VIII
4. Acknowledgments X
5. Essential Chronology XI
6. Introduction: Political Fellini? 1
7. Chapter 1 Fellini and “Italian Ideology” 5
8. Chapter 2 Mythical Biography of a Nation 33
9. Chapter 3 La Dolce Vita and Its Relevance Today 58
10. Chapter 4 Fellini, Mussolini, and the Complex of Rome 78
11. Chapter 5 Fellini and Feminism 111
12. Chapter 6 A Public Dream: Italy and Prova d’orchestra 136
13. Chapter 7 You Don’t Interrupt an Emotion 162
14. Appendix: The Divo and the Maestro Fellini in the Andreotti Archives 183
15. Selected Bibliography 190
16. Index 194