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Description: Federico Fellini is renowned for his extravagant productions. On the sets, there was often a mixture of creativity and chaos. But why did the filmmaker make his actors recite numbers and pasta recipes rather than scripts?

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Federico Fellini is renowned for his extravagant productions. On the sets, there was often a mixture of creativity and chaos. But why did the filmmaker make his actors recite numbers and pasta recipes rather than scripts?

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Federico Fellini's creative process was chaotic but legendary

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Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

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In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style

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In many French cities, there are feminist messages hastily pasted across the walls, denouncing rape and violence against women

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David Bowie composed his unforgettable Heroes thanks to this very strange game

The Game That Saved David Bowie

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Let's give credit where credit is due: the creator of Monopoly was a working class woman who barely made any money from it

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Designer Erik Spiekermann explains how he created the map for Berlin's newly unified public transport network

How a Map Healed Berlin

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Why is listening to sad music our idea of a good time?

Why Do We Love Sad Music?

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In old paintings, the subjects never smile

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The Dreamachine triggers a drug-free high in th people who look at it

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Why are so many artists so obsessed with cats?

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You've probably never heard of Pamela Colman Smith, but you have seen her work

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Is Stage Fright Good?

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