"Cinéma-vérité? I prefer 'cine-mendacity'. A lie is always more interesting than the truth...Fiction may have a greater truth than everyday, obvious reality."
— Federico Fellini

January 1, 1970

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Academy Award winnersPeople from Emilia-RomagnaFilm directors from Italy
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Fellini on Fellini (1976) edited by Anna Keel and Christian Strich; translated by Isabel Quigly.