Should have been titled "Portrait Of The Artist As An Aging Butthole" since the first forty minutes or so is pretty much given over to the Great Man moaning, yelling, bellyaching, mistreating animals on the set, throwing objects at his actors while criticizing their bad Italian accents and calling them "faggot". Toward the end director Gideon Bachman, perhaps aware that he has created a somewhat unlovable monster, has a bunch of Fellini's players compliment him but it all seems half hearted, at best. And, as previous reviewer boblipton has stated, any perceptions about film making are purely accidental. C minus.

It's a one-hour documentary shot in conjunction with production of FELLINI SATYRICON, showing Fellini at work on the movie. There are brief clips of his co-workers, mostly performers, talking about how he tells them what to do, but not why, nothing of the inner workings of characters.

There's also a brief voice-over comment by his mother Ida about the puppet shows he put on as a child. The film maker obviously considers this significant -- otherwise, why include it? -- implying that is how Fellini views his performers, whom he addresses in a variety of tones from wheedling to explosive, changing mien in an instant. Is it all an act?

There's no insight offered into what makes Fellini interesting: his movies.