Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)

A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
- Released
- 2003-04-02
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Damian Pettigrew
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 29 votes
Cast
- Roberto Benigni as Self - La Voce della Luna
- Luigi 'Titta' Benzi as Self - Ami d'enfance
- Italo Calvino as Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
- Dante Ferretti as Self - Chef décorateur
- Rinaldo Geleng as Self - Peintre
- Terence Stamp as Self - Toby Dammit
- Donald Sutherland as Self - Casanova
- Tullio Pinelli as Self - Scénariste
- Giuseppe Rotunno as Self - Directeur de la photographie
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier as Self - Producteur
- Federico Fellini as Self (archive footage)
- Nanni Moretti as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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