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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.
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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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Genre:Documentary
Written By:Damian Pettigrew, Olivier Gal
In Theaters:4/2/2003
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:ARTE, Portrait & Cie, Tele+, Dream Film, Asylum Pictures
Cast
Damian Pettigrew
Director
Roberto Benigni
Self - La Voce della Luna
Luigi 'Titta' Benzi
Self - Ami d'enfance
Italo Calvino
Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
Dante Ferretti
Self - Chef décorateur
Rinaldo Geleng
Self - Peintre
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)
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