At times philosophical, occasionally engagingly self-deprecating, I, Fellini helps explain how the word "Felliniesque" was added to the language. There is generous commentary on actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, and Anna Magnani, and on directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Ingmar Bergman, and Michelangelo Antonioni. Most often, Fellini speaks of the enchanting Giulietta Masina, the leading lady of many of his films and of his life.