Drunken, ulcer-ridden, failed Shakespearean actor Terence Stamp is in Rome to make a movie. Instead he finds himself trapped in various hellish landscapes, from the airport, to a television studio, to streets that lead nowhere, inhabited solely by mannequins, and the Devil, a child in a white dress with a ball.
It's Fellini's segment of HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES, a trio of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Fellini, who co-wrote the film version, offers a nightmarish landscape of industrial activity, show-biz characters in phony settings, and endless, inescapable roads that even a Ferrari can't help him escape.
It's Fellini's segment of HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES, a trio of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Fellini, who co-wrote the film version, offers a nightmarish landscape of industrial activity, show-biz characters in phony settings, and endless, inescapable roads that even a Ferrari can't help him escape.
