I'm a born liar: a Fellini lexicon

Federico Fellini, Damian Pettigrew

Harry N. Abrams, Dec 1, 2003 - Performing Arts - 175 pages

A year before his death, the great Italian film director Federico Fellini sat down with documentary-maker Damian Pettigrew for a series of intimate, in-depth interviews. I'm a Born Liar contains the highlights of these conversations. With great candidness, Fellini discusses every aspect of his work, from his early life to his relationship with Italian culture to the inspiration behind his films. Pettigrew's immensely readable interviews illuminate the life of the director of La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and other classic films, and demonstrate his wild imagination, his energy, and his passion. Fellini reveals much, on subjects ranging from women ("the unknown planet") to his neuroses ("fabulous treasure buried at the bottom of the city") to his actors ("puppets"). In between, the director muses on marriage, memory, cinema, and Marcello Mastroianni. Accompanying the interviews are 125 film stills and never-before-published photographs from the Fellini Foundation and the Cineteca di Bologna. Published on the 10th anniversary of Fellini's death and in conjunction with the release of Pettigrew's film of the same name, I'm a Born Liar provides rare insight into one of the world's most innovative and influential directors.

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About the author

Federico Fellini's films include La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, 8 1/2, La Strada, Satyricon, and I Vitelloni, among others. He is recognized as one of cinema history's greatest geniuses.

Damian Pettigrew is a journalist and an award-winning director of documentary films, including portraits of Italo Calvino, Eugene lonesco, and Fellini. A longtime friend of Samuel Beckett, he worked in close collaboration with the playwright on the remake of FILM with Jack Lemmon and Vittorio Gassman. His next documentary portrait is on and with Ingmar Bergman.

Bibliographic information

• Title: I'm a born liar: a Fellini lexicon
• Authors: Federico Fellini, Damian Pettigrew
• Editor: Damian Pettigrew
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2003
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 24, 2008
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Performing Arts / Film & Video / Direction & Production; Performing Arts / Film & Video / General; Performing Arts / Individual Director