Introduction * A Not So Solitary Genius: Traversing Authorial Politics and Methodological Anxieties* An Ambiguous Adherence: Esotericism in Fellini's Work and Collaborations 1 Tullio Pinelli * Neutralizing Tragedy: A Pattern from La strada On* A Metaphysical Fellowship: Transcending Christianity* Nothing but Images: La voce della luna 2 Ennio Flaiano * Frivolously Yours: The Public Dispute over Authorship* The Self as Monster: Satire and Compassion in La dolce vita* A Light in the Night: Negotiating Epiphany from I vitelloni to 8 1/2 3 Bernardino Zapponi * The Script as Collage: The Unbound Notebooks of the 1970s* Popular Culture and Neurosis: Toby Dammit and Beyond 4 The Poets * An Organic Mind: Brunello Rondi from La dolce vita to Provad'orchestra* You Are My Labyrinth: The Poetic Brotherhood with Pier Paolo Pasolini* Eroticism as Dream and Nightmare: A Dialogue with Brunello Rondi* Remembering Corporality: Tonino Guerra in Amarcord and E la nave va* Maternal Pre-grammaticality: Pasolini, Guerra, and Zanzotto Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index