Lies of Love
| Lies of Love | |
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| Directed by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Written by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Starring | Annie O'Hara |
| Cinematography | Renato Del Frate |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Lies of Love (Italian: L'amorosa menzogna) is a 1949 Italian short documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a group of people who pose for photo comics.[1]
Cast
- Annie O'Hara
- Sergio Raimondi
- Sandro Roberti
- Anna Vita
Release
Lies of Love was screened at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Legacy
Antonioni used the research for his documentary for a story idea which was later adapted for Federico Fellini's film The White Sheik.[1][3] According to Fellini, Antonioni, although he received screen credit, was not involved in the writing of the screenplay.[3]
Lies of Love has been screened as part of retrospectives on Antonioni at various festivals and institutions, including the
References
- ^ a b Lenssen, Claudia; Jacobsen, Wolfgang; Schaub, Martin (1984). "L'amorosa menzogna. 1948/49". Michelangelo Antonioni. München, Wien: Carl Hanser Verlag.
- ^ Craig, Benjamin (2018). Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide. Cinemagine Media Limited. p. 87.
- ^ a b "Charles Thomas Samuels/1971". Fecerico Fellini: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. 2006. p. 89.
- ^ "Reinventing Neorealism: Antonioni's Documentaries of the 1940s and '50s". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Short Films by Michelangelo Antonioni". BAMPFA. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "L'amorosa menzogna". Cinémathèque Française (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
External links
- Lies of Love at IMDb
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