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Ennio Flaiano has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Ennio Flaiano has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Flaiano set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Federico Fellini
Director
18 shared titles · The Swindle

Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
10 shared titles · The Swindle

Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
6 shared titles · The Swindle

Marcello Mastroianni
Actor
4 shared titles · La Notte

Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
4 shared titles · La Notte
Brunello Rondi
Screenplay
4 shared titles · 8½

Giulietta Masina
Actor
3 shared titles · The Swindle

Otello Martelli
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · The Swindle

Michelangelo Antonioni
Director
3 shared titles · La Notte

Tonino Guerra
Screenplay
3 shared titles · La Notte

Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
3 shared titles · 8½

Leo Catozzo
Editor
3 shared titles · 8½
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