Fellini: I’m a Born Liar
Essential Fellini
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1h 41m
This feature-length 2002 documentary by Damian Pettigrew’s tracks the life and career of director Federico Fellini through his often contradictory statements. As Fellini said in the quote that gives the documentary its title: “I’m a born liar. For me, the things that are the most real are the ones I invented.”
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