
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 improvisat... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Fellini: I'm a Born Liar.
| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarFellini came close to painting his thoughts directly onto the screen. Born Liar honors this approach by putting lyricism ahead of clarity. You get the feeling that the maestro would appreciate the results. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIts fascination may be limited to those already very familiar with his works and collaborators - and his sensual, highly subjective style. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannIt is Fellini's face that is peculiarly welcome, the face that -- in a probably fantasizing but pertinent way -- endorses his films. |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyBoth completely fascinating and intermittently frustrating; however, as with Fellini's own films, the downside is far outweighed by the pluses. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's a messy, entertaining documentary rooted in -- though not limited to -- the iconically indulgent years of Fellini's later career. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe newly found footage of Fellini and actor Marcello Mastroianni on the set of "La Dolce Vita" made me want to run out and see that wonderful film yet again. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonAnd if the movie's not particularly visual -- apart from the excerpted scenes from Fellini's extremely visual films -- it's entertaining for the ears. Fellini talks and talks. And like many directors, he talks a good life. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisOnly loosely concerned with behind-the-scenes gossip and is squarely focused on the nature of Fellini's insatiability. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereA strange beast, but one lifelong Fellini fans will find irresistible. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensMr. Pettigrew's affection for Fellini and his films animates this documentary and limits its appeal. |