A fitting tribute to the born liar.
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04/04/03
Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:28
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini created one of cinema's most distinct, influential, and lasting bodies of work over the course of his legendary career. Fellini's films explored the director's... [More]
Starring: Federico Fellini, Donald Sutherland, Terence Stamp, Roberto Benigni
Director: Damian Pettigrew
Reviews for Fellini I'm a Born Liar
Best understood not as a biography but as a kind of master class, a seminar in aesthetics conducted by Fellini, with ample and intelligent footnotes supplied by Mr. Pettigrew.
04/02/03
Top CriticThe filmmaker acknowledges the contradictions inherent in [Fellini's] surreal style.
10/03/03
Fellini 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.
07/24/03
No review available.
04/09/08
Invaluable for Fellini fans.
03/10/04
No review available.
09/15/05
There may be better straight introductions to the accomplishments of this most poetic of cinematic artists, but for the already initiated this will serve as a welcome remembrance.
08/04/03
A movie that will be treasured by those who love Fellini, just as surely as it will confound and bore anyone not particularly familiar with or fond of the great Italian director.
04/11/03
Fellini, you bastard!
07/24/03
A charming piece of history.
05/31/03
No review available.
12/19/07
It's fascinating to hear Fellini talk about himself and his work.
04/02/03
Pettigrew assumes that Fellini was a genius, and while this film won't convince any skeptics, the maestro's fans can sink into it like a hot bath.
04/10/03
Lyrical and visceral.
05/16/03
General audiences will regret the absence of titles identifying various clips and interviewees, but Fellini fans will want to eat the whole thing up with a spoon.
04/02/03
Both completely fascinating and intermittently frustrating; however, as with Fellini's own films, the downside is far outweighed by the pluses.
04/10/03
Top CriticRather earthbound in light of its fantastical subject, but it makes up for its lack of style through sheer access to the artist near the end of his life.
04/22/03
Offers us a close-up look at a director who was foremost a visual master, capable of creating the kind of unsettling images that haunt you forever.
05/02/03
The best documentary yet about the great Italian master.
04/10/03
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