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Fellini and Satyricon
The most celebrated film director in Italy is also known throughout the world for such international successes as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, and 8 1/2. He is now at work in Rome on a version of Satyricon, the scandalous classic by Petronius of Nero's time.
Release was allowed to visit the set on the day Fellini was shooting an amorous scene in the Garden of Pleasure. Tonight's programme shows il maestro at work and includes an interview with Fellini himself.
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One of the Roughs
The myth of Walt Whitman, the poet of democracy, of the American dream, of the troubled history of the States during the Civil War... Whitman was born 150 years ago today. Release takes a brief look at the life and poetry of one of the most remarkable of American writers.
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