IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI

Reissue. Il Casanova di Federico Fellini is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer. The film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

The film is noted for its symbolic, highly stylised mise en scene and the casting of Donald Sutherland in the lead role. By using a range of visual effects, Fellini attempted to depict Casanova as a debauched figure incapable of displaying any genuine emotion. This Felliniesque style is most noticeable in Sutherland’s acting and appearance, which was made overtly graphic at the director's request. Fellini’s interpretation goes against the traditional notion of Casanova as an enlightened gadabout

Nino Rota's last, and probably most unusual film score. Through the use of unusual instruments (vibraphone, harp and harpsichord, among others) he creates an exotic score. This is an elegant final work, not often heard, aptly befitting to the period, it marries Fellini's images with perfection. For this soundtrack Nino Rota won two Nastri D’Argento and one David di Donatello.

1) O VENEZIA, VENAGA, VENUSIA
2) L’UCCELLO MAGICO
3) A PRANZO DALLA MARCHESA DURFE’
4) THE GREAT MOUNA
5) CANTO DELLA BURANELLA
6) L’UCCELLO MAGICO A PARIGI
7) L’ “INTERMEZZO” DELLA MANTIDE RELIGIOSA
8) PIN PENIN
9) L’UCCELLO MAGICO A DRESDA
10) RICORDO DI HENRIETTE
11) L’UCCELLO MAGICO A ROMA
12) IL DUCA DI WURTTENBERG
13) LA POUPEE AUTOMATE
14) L’ “INTERMEZZO” DELLA MANTIDE RELIGIOSA ( II° versione)
15) PIN PENIN (versione clavicembalo e celesta)
16) L’ “INTERMEZZO” DELLA MANTIDE RELIGIOSA (versione violoncello)
17) IL DUCA DI WURTTENBERG (versione strumentale)
18) O VENEZIA, VENAGA, VENUSIA (II° versione)
19) LA POUPEE AUTOMATE (II° versione)