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There is nothing in the extra features relating specifically to Ginger and Fred, but Infinity have gathered a few interesting and features related to Fellini and Mastroianni here on disc 2. Two episodes are included from the 2003 Italian television series La Felliniana (another two can be found on the Infinity release of And The Ship Sails On). They are not shown in order and the ones included here seem to be the last two of a 9 episode series. Despite being presented on a dual-layer disc, the Mastroianni film is non-anamorphic and shows quite a bit of compression artefact blocking.

La Felliniana - Epilogo: Passarella Finale (29:50) has the various contributors, friends and crew who worked with Fellini choose their favourite scene from his films. Fellini’s own choice is from Amarcord.

La Felliniana – Chapter 8: Silenzio (32:41) rather hurriedly skips through Fellini’s later films from I Clowns through to La Voce della Luna, with brief anecdotes about each and some behind the scenes footage of the director, leading up to Fellini’s death in 1993, not long after receiving his 5th Academy Award Oscar.

Marcello Mastroianni: A Self Portrait (1:31:55) is actually the feature documentary by Anna Maria Tatò Marcello Mastroianni: Mi Ricordo, Sì Io Mi Ricordo (“I Remember, Yes, I Remember”) – a beautifully made film, photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, shot in Portugal during the filming of Manoel di Oliviera’s Voyage To The Beginning Of The World, featuring Mastroianni reflecting on his life as an actor. The film was made in 1996 and Mastroianni would die 2 months after the scene at the end here, showing the actor celebrating his 72nd birthday. IMDB lists the running time of this film as 198 minutes, so it appears here in a much edited down form. It is marvellous nonetheless.