Fellini: I'm A Born Liar
"A gold mine...Gorgeous film clips!" - Village Voice
What sets this film apart from other portraits of Fellini is that director Damian Pettigrew-who knew Fellini fairly well after meeting him in 1983-was afforded a lengthy, privileged, unprecedented access to the man himself.
Novelist Italo Calvino illuminates the boundaries Fellini mapped between illusion and reality. Lifelong friends give insight into Fellini's boyhood, as well as his great creative marriage with actress Giuletta Masina. Screenwriter Tuillio Pinelli (whose credits include La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2 and The Voice of the Moon), cameraman Giuseppe Rotunno (who photographed Roma, Amarcord, Casanova, City of Women, And the Ship Sails On, among others), actors Donald Sutherland and Terence Stamp each contribute valuable insight into the Maestro's working methods, and madness.
Laced with interviews and classic clips, the film literally retraces Fellini's footsteps through dramatizing Fellini's vision and the same world minus that vision. What results is no mere portrait but an energetic, philosophical inquiry.
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Fascinating glimpse into a genius' world - spaz
I must must must own this film, as well as Mastroianni in "I Remember". I loved listing to Fellini, watching Fellini and of course seeing the excerpts from his magical films.
A person would have to be mighty bored to get tired of Fellini and his movies, and I look forward to watching them over and over and over.Superb Cinematic Portrait - Partagas
Eschewing the traditional biographical portrait with the usual "your host for tonight narrator" and sound bites galore, this is a subtle and brilliant piece of film. By the end, you have a palpable sense of Fellini's complex mind at work and undergone a masterclass in cinema esthetics. At best, a roadmap into the maestro's soul; at worst, the desire to screen all of his best work. Boxoffice Magazine called this "perhaps the best such film ever made" and I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. 4/5 stars
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Fascinating glimpse into a genius' world - spaz
I must must must own this film, as well as Mastroianni in "I Remember". I loved listing to Fellini, watching Fellini and of course seeing the excerpts from his magical films.
A person would have to be mighty bored to get tired of Fellini and his movies, ...Superb Cinematic Portrait - Partagas
Eschewing the traditional biographical portrait with the usual "your host for tonight narrator" and sound bites galore, this is a subtle and brilliant piece of film. By the end, you have a palpable sense of Fellini's complex mind at work and undergone a masterclass ...