Italian movie director Federico Fellini is interviewed by AP Rome staffer Piero De Garzarolli (wearing glasses) in his elegantly furnished bachelor-type apartment in a hotel in Rome???s modernistic E.U.R. suburb, May 6, 1967. Fellini is just out of a hospital after a month???s serious illness. He was stricken by allergic pleurisy in March and rushed to a clinic, sparking rumors that he was near death. (AP Photo/Claudio Luffoli)

Actress Julie Andrews, who presented the award in behalf of the Motion Picture Academy, plants a kiss on the cheek of Federico Fellini in Santa Monica, Calif., at night on April 13, 1964 after his ??sFederico Fellini???s ??s8????? was named the best foreign language film of the year. The picture was made in Italy. (AP Photo)

Actress Julie Andrews poses with Italian film director Federico Fellini after presenting him with his Oscar at the 1963 Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ca., April 13, 1964. Fellini won best foreign-language picture Oscar for his movie

Italian film director Federico Fellini (right) shakes hands with American movie executive Joseph E. Levine, as the latter presents him with two American awards for his picture ??s8?????, in a ceremony at a fashionable Rome hotel on Feb. 4, 1964. The awards are the New York Film Critics award for the best foreign language film for 1963, and the Joseph Burstyn plaque for the year???s best foreign film, an award given by the Independent Film Importers and Distributors of America. (AP Photo/Girolamo Di Majo)

Italian film director Federico Fellini expresses thanks for top prize at Moscow film festival in the Palace of Congresses in Kremlin, July 31, 1963. Standing behind him is interpreter. (AP Photo)

Cannes Jury President, French detective novel author Georges Simenon, left, handshaking and congratulating Italian film director Federico Fellini, who has been awarded the ??sPalme d???Or??? (Grand prix of the festival) for his film ??sLa Dolce Vita,??? May 20, 1960, Cannes, France. The jury has awarded the prizes for this 1960 Cannes Film Festival, during the ??sau revoir??? cocktail given at the Cannes ??sAmbassadeurs.??? (AP Photo/Wehrle)

Top Italian film director Federico Fellini sits holding the ??sChaplin d???Oro??? (Golden Chaplin), a statuette representing Charlie Chaplin, in a Rome theatre at night on Feb. 21, 1960. He received this award for his latest film ??sLa Dolce Vita??? (The Sweet Life) from the movie association ??sCharlie Chaplin??? which is composed chiefly of movie critics. ??sLa Dolce Vita???, although criticized by the church and Christian organizations, is in this moment the biggest movie success in Italy. The film was released only a few weeks ago. It runs more than 3 hours and attacks high society life in the Italian capital. (AP Photo/Ivan Crosoenco)

Italian actress Giulietta Masina, holding the Oscar statuette, and her husband, director Federico Fellini, are greeted by fans as they arrive from the U.S. at Rome's airport, Italy, April 6, 1957. Fellini's film