Which iconic film director, known for his distinctive visual style, originally intended to cast Marlon Brando as the lead in his 1982 science fiction epic?

What 1960 film, directed by Federico Fellini, is often cited as a precursor to the 'cinema of the absurd' and features a famously long, unbroken shot of a crowded beach?

Which iconic 1980s science fiction film, set in a dystopian future, featured a character who communicates through a series of rhythmic clicks and whistles, later adapted into a phonetic alphabet?