Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
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.
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Roberto Benigni
Self - La Voce della Luna
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
To Rome with Love
Luigi 'Titta' Benzi
Self - Ami d'enfance
Italo Calvino
Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
Dante Ferretti
Self - Chef décorateur
Also in
Mora
Sur les traces de Fellini
Rinaldo Geleng
Self - Peintre
Terence Stamp
Self - Toby Dammit
Known for
Wanted
Murder Mystery
Donald Sutherland
Self - Casanova
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Tullio Pinelli
Self - Scénariste
Giuseppe Rotunno
Self - Directeur de la photographie
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Self - Producteur
Known for
Les Miserables
Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Morceaux de Cannes
Hollywood sul Tevere
Nanni Moretti
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Known for
The Son's Room
Bianca
Damian Pettigrew Director · Paco Wiser Cinematographer Florence Ricard Editor
Budget $1M · United States release April 2, 2003 · Produced in France, Italy, United Kingdom
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
ARTE
Production
Portrait & Cie
Production
Tele+
Production
Dream Film
Production
Asylum Pictures
Production
France · Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
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Original title
Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian
Release dates
Germany · March 15, 2002
TV
United States · April 2, 2003
Limited theatrical
Italy · June 20, 2003
Theatrical
France
March 15, 2002 · TV
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