my mother and sister. too cook very specific things. of course. he would take the phone and say, i m just arriving in few hours in rimini, i want the broth. and my mom made it. that was great. even when he became a world famous director, fellini still craved the local dishes of his hometown. he said life is a combination of magic and pasta. fed lee roe could adore these kind of places, these kind of restaurants. so, francesca is taking me to a local place where they stilli. can i introduce you to the queen of the pasta. yes. nice to meet you. are you hungry? yes.
passionate people driven by their hearts and stomachs. fell lee knee s childhood here was the inspiration if many of his dreamily surreal and unbearably sexy movies. i m meeting his niece, francesca. amarcord is fellini s movie about a boy growing up in the 1930s. and the tensions in and out of the home. he was very particular about his food, so that when he would come here and visit, he would ask
the newly opened academy museum in los angeles is very much a hollywood institution in terms of its geographical location, but there s a big effort for it to be a global centre with the visitors it attracts and the cinema it showcases. somebody who might be watching you, say, in mumbai, which has its own bounteous film industry, might be thinking, well, this man isjust talking about a hollywood centric institution, is that the case? not the case at all. we re an international film museum, one of our galleries is devoted to pedro almodovar, one to bruce lee, one to chivo lubezki, fellini is featured in our oscars gallery. when you go into spike lee s gallery, you will learn about his influences, rossellini, de sica, melvin van peebles, so you ll see independent us moviemaking, hollywood us moviemaking and international moviemaking
so you have to try. yes. something special. oh, my god. that s great. you have to try also hopefully we re not going to choke. oh, my god. the only reason you would choke on them is if you ate them too fast. because they were so good. really full of emotion. yeah, because you used to come here, right? yes. we re ending the day at fellini s favorite haunt, the grand hotel.