Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)

6.1/10 105 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Roberto Benigni

Self - La Voce della Luna

Italo Calvino

Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)

Dante Ferretti

Self - Chef décorateur

Terence Stamp

Self - Toby Dammit

Donald Sutherland

Self - Casanova

Tullio Pinelli

Self - Scénariste

Giuseppe Rotunno

Self - Directeur de la photographie

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Self - Producteur

Federico Fellini

Self (archive footage)

Nanni Moretti

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alain Cuny

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ennio Flaiano

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ettore Manni

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Giulietta Masina

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marcello Mastroianni

Giuseppe Mastorna (archive footage) (uncredited)

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