Nino, an Italian film maker with a strong resemblance to Federico Fellini, is in an artistic crisis. Every new work is, for him, an artistic crisis. So he goes to bed with a multitude of women, seeking ideas and stimulation, feeding on them both humanly and artistically. Nino is sexually impotent until he gets a good idea, and then he's hellfire. But his sexual partners, all artists in their own right, are not satisfied. Rallied by a wealthy feminist American widow, they decide that to be a muse is to be exploited. So they exact revenge by making a movie of Nino's life and fantasies, Candid Camera-Style. Thus unfolds 'Six Passionate Women' by Mario Fratti, a play inspired by the playwright's personal acquaintance with Fellini, whom he covered closely as a journalist in the late 1950s. It combines a serious disquisition on the creative mind with recurring themes of Fratti's plays betrayal,...
- 10/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Nino, an Italian film maker with a strong resemblance to Federico Fellini, is in an artistic crisis. Every new work is, for him, an artistic crisis. So he goes to bed with a multitude of women, seeking ideas and stimulation, feeding on them both humanly and artistically. Nino is sexually impotent until he gets a good idea, and then he's hellfire. But his sexual partners, all artists in their own right, are not satisfied. Rallied by a wealthy feminist American widow, they decide that to be a muse is to be exploited. So they exact revenge by making a movie of Nino's life and fantasies, Candid Camera-Style. Thus unfolds 'Six Passionate Women' by Mario Fratti, a play inspired by the playwright's personal acquaintance with Fellini, whom he covered closely as a journalist in the late 1950s. It combines a serious disquisition on the creative mind with recurring themes of Fratti's plays betrayal,...
- 9/11/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just last night, Theater for the New City paid tribute to the playwright and theater critic Mario Fratti whose adaptation of the Federico Fellini film 8 became the Broadway musical Nine at the 11th annual Love 'N Courage benefit at the National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South in New York City. An annual evening to benefit Tnc's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's Love 'N Courage event featured appearances by Liliane Montevecchi, Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, two-time Tony winner Tammy Grimes accompanied by Alex Rybeck, singer Anna Bergman accompanied by William Hicks, Austin Pendleton, Katharine Cullison, cabaret star KT Sullivan, Inma Heredia, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, Rachel Klein Dance Company, Jocab Merrick Storms, the Yip Harburg Foundation Rainbow Troupe, and Michael-David Gordon and Tnc's Street Theater Company.BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photo coverage below...
- 2/25/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
When Rob Marshall decided to adapt the stage musical “Nine”, he was actually taking on the adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation. “Nine” is based on the 80’s Tony Award-Winning Broadway production of the same name, which was an adaptation of an Italian play by Mario Fratti, itself inspired by Federico Fellini’s immortal classic “8 ½”. After a successful revival of the Broadway show a few years ago, the Weinstein Company decided to take this story back to the big screen, and to make it bigger than ever. Of course, after so many reinterpretations, it is no surprise that the substance of the movie has been diluted to nothing. A lot of show and flashes and even consecrated names like Sophia Loren’s can’t disguise the void. Like the protagonist of the film, Guido, who loses himself in his larger-than-life project “Italia”, this was a far too big production...
- 1/5/2010
- by Clara Viola
- ReelLoop.com
It's been roughly seven years since Rob Marshall's Chicago kicked-off the return to favor of the movie musical, a genre he's now returning to with his third feature film Nine . Based on the 1982 musical by Arthur Kopit and Mario Fratti with songs by Maury Yeston and influenced by Federico Fellini's autobiographical magnum opus 8 1⁄2 , it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini, one of Italy's top filmmakers who has hit a wall while trying to write his next film. With the eyes of his country on him and an entire crew and his Scandinavian starlet (Nicole Kidman) waiting for him to produce a script, Guido must work through his issues with women while trying to keep his neglected wife Claudia (Marion Cotillard) away from his needy mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz). At the...
- 12/23/2009
- Comingsoon.net
The Weinstein Company has released another trailer for Rob Marshall's musical Nine, which was derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti which was inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. This new trailer is a bit more conventional than the previous two in that it finally gives us a bit of insight into the plot of the film as well as a variety of songs showcasing the talents of Fergie, Penelope Cruz, and more. But still no display of Daniel Day-Lewis' musical chops. Oscar bait or not, a musical based on Federico Fellini's 8½ is something that I can't stop looking forward to when it's released this Christmas. Fire this trailer up! Watch the final trailer for Rob Marshall's Nine: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/nine-official-trailer-full.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/nine-official-trailer-full.jpg 598 248] You can also watch this final trailer for Nine in High Definition on Apple Famous Italian director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives,...
- 12/1/2009
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
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