Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

1h 45m

6.1

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.

Cast

Roberto Benigni

Self - La Voce della Luna

Luigi 'Titta' Benzi

Self - Ami d'enfance

Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)

Self - Chef décorateur

Self - Toby Dammit

Donald Sutherland

Self - Casanova

Self - Scénariste

Giuseppe Rotunno

Self - Directeur de la photographie

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Self - Producteur

Federico Fellini

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Giulietta Masina

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marcello Mastroianni

Giuseppe Mastorna (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Damian Pettigrew

Director, Scenario Writer

Scenario Writer, Executive Producer

Florence Ricard

Director of Photography

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Giovanni Quaregna