Casanova

Made in 1974, "Casanova" was Fellini's most controversial film: criticized in the U.S. either for being too pornographic or too esoteric, and praised in Europe for its sophistication and artistic glamour. The director himself considered Fellini's "Casanova" his most complete, expressive and courageous work. "Giacomo Casanova was a connoisseur of many arts, including the art of seduction. He liked all women- maids and duchesses, nuns and courtesans, peasants, underage girls, aging matrons, and he didn't mind incest . . . In fact, we can even say the Fellini's "Casanova" has little to do with the real life Casanova . . .True, Fellini was recreating reality. Albeit, it was the reality of his imagination."--from the Introduction by Leon Steinmetz.