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Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)

Documentary
Release Date: 2003, April 2
Directors: Damian Pettigrew
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Italy
Production: ARTE, Portrait & Cie, Tele+, Dream Film, Asylum Pictures
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Donald Sutherland, Roberto Benigni, Terence Stamp, Alain Cuny, Marcello Mastroianni, Ettore Manni, Giulietta Masina, Luigi 'Titta' Benzi, Rinaldo Geleng

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.