Complex sentence: Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati lacked the necessary talent and in the mid 1960s he decided to dedicate himself to cinema, his other love, after seeing Federico Fellini's "8½" and its portrait of the role of a director.
Split into simpler sentences: Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati lacked the necessary talent. In the mid 1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema, his other love, after seeing Federico Fellini's "8½" and its portrait of the role of a director.