Fellini: a self-portrait on the commemorative stamp

(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 20 - A self-portrait was chosen to illustrate the Italian stamp issued today to celebrate the hundred years since the birth of Federico Fellini.
The drawing is in the typical style of the director who loved to create illustrations: it comes - remembers the press release - from the 'Book of Dreams', '' a diary that the director kept from the sixties until 1990 in which he noted his dreams in the form of drawings, a journey into its boundless creativity ''.
Born in Rimini on 20 January 1920 and died in Rome in 1993, Fellini has made films that mark the history of cinema, from the '' White Sheikh '' to the '' Vitelloni '', from the '' Strada '' to the '' Nights of Cabiria '', from '' Dolce Vita '' to '' 8 1/2 '', from '' Rome '' to '' Amarcord, from '' And the ship goes '' to Ginger and Fred '' and so on .
The stamp is valid for ordinary direct mail to Italy; the special cancellation '' first day of issue '' is affixed in the post offices of Rimini and Cinecitta 'Est in Rome. (HANDLE).