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.
Damian Pettigrew
Roberto Benigni, Luigi ‘Titta’ Benzi, Italo Calvino, Dante Ferretti, Rinaldo Geleng, Terence Stamp, Donald Sutherland, Tullio Pinelli, Giuseppe Rotunno, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Federico Fellini, Nanni Moretti, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Cuny, Ennio Flaiano, Ettore Manni, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni
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