Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Cast & Crew
Roberto Benigni
as Self - La Voce della Luna
Luigi 'Titta' Benzi
as Self - Ami d'enfance
Italo Calvino
as Self - Ecrivain (archive footage)
Dante Ferretti
as Self - Chef décorateur
Rinaldo Geleng
as Self - Peintre
Terence Stamp
as Self - Toby Dammit
Donald Sutherland
as Self - Casanova
Tullio Pinelli
as Self - Scénariste
Giuseppe Rotunno
as Self - Directeur de la photographie
Damian Pettigrew
Director
Overview
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.
