Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)
Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur
105 min
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.
- Release date
- April 2, 2003
- Country of origin
- Italy, France, United Kingdom
Where to watch
Free
Kanopy
Cast
- Roberto Benigni as Self
- Luigi 'Titta' Benzi as Self
- Italo Calvino as Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
- Dante Ferretti as Self
- Rinaldo Geleng as Self
- Terence Stamp as Self
- Donald Sutherland as Self
- Tullio Pinelli as Self
- Giuseppe Rotunno as Self
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier as Self - Producteur
- Federico Fellini as Self
- Nanni Moretti as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Claudia Cardinale as Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Alain Cuny as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ennio Flaiano as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ettore Manni as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Giulietta Masina as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Marcello Mastroianni as Giuseppe Mastorna (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
- Italo Calvino · Archive footage
- Damian Pettigrew · Director
- Damian Pettigrew · Writer
- Olivier Gal · Writer
- Paco Wiser · Cinematographer
- Florence Ricard · Editor