Article: Co-writer of Federico Fellini's autobiography talks about the director.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Charlotte Chandler met Federico Fellini over a meal, which was only as it should be, since food was so much a part of the Italian filmmaker's life.

It was 1980, and Chandler had just written ``Hello, I Must Be Going,'' the as-told-to memoirs of Groucho Marx. She had begun work on a series of interviews with actors, artists and playwrights, and thought Fellini would make a good candidate.

``He didn't like interviews, but he liked my Groucho book,'' recalls Chandler, promoting ``I, Fellini'' (Random House, $26.50), the autobiography she wrote in collaboration with the moviemaker.

``He loved Groucho and the Marx Brothers, and he saw this as an ...

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