Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur

I watched this feature doc with fascination. I read somewhere (LA Times, I think) that all the interviews (save those with Mastroianni and Masina)including the priceless one with Fellini were culled from director Pettigrew's private archives. This explains why I... Full review

The tyrant at work, masterfully. The poet, the idiosyncratic storyteller. The selfish humanitarian. Yes all of that and more or more or less. Orson Welles said once that Fellini was a monumental artist with very little to say. I think... Full review

Damian Pettygrew's "Je suis un grand menteur" is an extraordinary documentary, in that it captures the great Italian director, Federico Fellini, speaking to us about his ideas, technique, craftsmanship, and his relationship with the movies in which he was involved.... Full review

Superb documentary fantasia and as visually stunning as Fellini's best films but without the excess. I'm paraphrasing David Denby's review in The New Yorker. It's "a thrilling masterclass in aesthetics conducted by the Maestro himself with intelligent footnotes provided by... Full review

What can I say? After the explosion of "8 1/2", which knocked me for a loop, I became a devout Fellinian, even though I was dissapointed in other offerings by him ("City Of Women", and "Julett Of The Spirits"). I... Full review

Just got back from watching this at an Italian Film Festival. I have to say it was everything I was hoping it would be. Full of insights from the great artist himself and many ancedotes from the actors and crew... Full review

Rare to see docu-portraits as subtle and beautifully written as this with no commentary, no pedagogy, no made for TV cliches and no interviewer-critic constantly cutting in. This is a unique, challenging portrait of Fellini using generous film clips from... Full review

Fellini: One of the few who could coerce the inherently compromised medium of film into intimate personal expression and "art." How did he do it? Comprised of Fellini's own explication and the testimony of a few actors, his cinematographer, producer,... Full review

This film makes a lot more sense to someone who's seen many of Fellini's films, such as myself, than to someone who hasn't, such the person with whom I saw it. The film is Fellini the director on himself, the... Full review

(somewhat spoilerish)Just saw the film this weekend. Went to a special screening where Donald Sutherland spoke and answered some questions afterwards. I was very impressed. One thing I learned is that being part of a Fellini movie was so different... Full review

As shown by the film's better moments, he was surprisingly charismatic....That crippling redundancy is only one of this film's numerous problems, though.....And it's not as if Fellini was a boring interviewee..... ... Full Review

That film, about the impotent agony a movie director endures....Famously, the maestro was often a cranky taskmaster with actors.....It is easy to revere Federico Fellini, who died 10 years ago....it's easy to see that exaggeration is the real fun of his story.... ... Full Review

Released in honor of Fellini's death ten years ago, Damian Pettigew's documentary takes a look at the revered director from the perspective of his past casts and crew members. ... Full Article

Not long into ''Fellini: I'm a Born Liar,'' the often revelatory documentary containing the last interviews of Federico Fellini, we learn that when the now-deceased master happened upon one of his films, he couldn't recall who the devil made it. ... Full Article

Watching Damian Pettigrew's documentary, Fellini: I'm a Born Liar, is a very strange experience. If you love Fellini, especially the movies 8½ and Satyricon, you will love this film -- there are plenty of references to those movies. ... Full Article

Even the pontificating dork in the ''Annie Hall'' movie line might have gotten a kick out of Fellini: I'm a Born Liar . It's a messy, entertaining documentary rooted in -- though not limited to -- the iconically indulgent years... ... Full Article