FILM 1355: THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
TRIVIA: During the editing of this film, editor Leo Cattozzo developed the
CIR self-perforating adhesive tape splicer (also known as "Costruzione
Incollatrici Rapide", "the Cattozzo", Guillotine-, CIRO- or ARRI
Splicer) which made him rich in the 1960s and for which he won an Academy Award
in 1989.
Federico Fellini cast film
editor Leo Cattozzo as "The
Man with the Sack" and wanted to keep that sequence in the release print
over the objections of producer Dino De
Laurentiis. De Laurentiis, who thought the scene slowed the film
down, finally had to resort to stealing the scene from the editing room. According
to DeLaurentiis about five to seven years after its original release, Fellini
called him up and begged him to give him back the sequence so he could restore
it. As "Cabiria" had now achieved a classic status, the producer
agreed.
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