Reflecting on the thirty-year friendship between the Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini and the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, we notice that the evocation of the sea appears at crucial moments in their relationship, as if this image was part of a secret language that united them. This article demonstrates this by proposing an explanation of the profound meaning of the evocative power of the sea in both artists in the light of the thought of the psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung, with whom both Fellini and Simenon were closely involved. Three events in their lives and intimate complicity are recounted: when they first met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960, Federico Fellini’s Dolce vita, with its famous scene of the actress Anita Ekberg bathing in the Trevi Fountain, in front of the colossal statue of ocean and with its aura of sacredness, cannot have failed to fascinate the president of the jury, Georges Simenon. at the time of the making of Fellini’s Casanova, a complex and significant dream experience fused Simenon, Jung and the evocation of the sea, successfully unblocking the film maker’s creativity. When Fellini wanted to express his admiration for Simenon’s writing, intervening in order to contribute to its editorial development, it was again a maritime comparison that he used to praise its literary qualities, with enthusiasm and great effectiveness.
La corrispondenza tra F. Fellini e G. Simenon: un dialogo profondo et insondabile « come il mare ». Intorno all’evocazione del mare, con le sue connotazioni di profondità, mutevolezza, fascino, insondabilità, inquietudine, sembra organizzarsi una sorta di linguaggio segreto che fa allusione alla sfera dell’inconscio e che emerge in varie occasioni nel corso della lunga relazione di amicizia e complicità tra il regista Federico Fellini e lo scrittore Georges Simenon. L’articolo di Marina Geat rievoca le principali di queste occorrenze, mostrando come l’immagine del mare sia connessa alla concezione artistica di Fellini e Simenon, al loro interesse per il pensiero di Carl Gustav Jung, alla loro ossessione per il femminile come dimensione psichica strettamente connessa alla parte misteriosa del sé.
Geat, M. (2022). La correspondance entre F. Fellini et G. Simenon : un dialogue profond et insondable « comme la mer ». In Guermès Sophie (a cura di), Fellini. L’intime et la mer (pp. 79-91). Roma : Romatre-press.
La correspondance entre F. Fellini et G. Simenon : un dialogue profond et insondable « comme la mer »
Geat Marina
2022-01-01
Abstract
Reflecting on the thirty-year friendship between the Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini and the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, we notice that the evocation of the sea appears at crucial moments in their relationship, as if this image was part of a secret language that united them. This article demonstrates this by proposing an explanation of the profound meaning of the evocative power of the sea in both artists in the light of the thought of the psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung, with whom both Fellini and Simenon were closely involved. Three events in their lives and intimate complicity are recounted: when they first met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960, Federico Fellini’s Dolce vita, with its famous scene of the actress Anita Ekberg bathing in the Trevi Fountain, in front of the colossal statue of ocean and with its aura of sacredness, cannot have failed to fascinate the president of the jury, Georges Simenon. at the time of the making of Fellini’s Casanova, a complex and significant dream experience fused Simenon, Jung and the evocation of the sea, successfully unblocking the film maker’s creativity. When Fellini wanted to express his admiration for Simenon’s writing, intervening in order to contribute to its editorial development, it was again a maritime comparison that he used to praise its literary qualities, with enthusiasm and great effectiveness.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
