Lies of Love explained

Lies of Love
Director:Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring:Annie O'Hara
Music:Giovanni Fusco
Cinematography:Renato Del Frate
Runtime: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

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.[3] According to Fellini, Antonioni, although he received screen credit, was not involved in the writing of the screenplay.

Lies of Love has been screened as part of retrospectives on Antonioni at various festivals and institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art,[4] the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive,[5] and the Cinémathèque Française.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: L'amorosa menzogna. 1948/49 . Michelangelo Antonioni . Lenssen . Claudia . Jacobsen . Wolfgang . Schaub . Martin . Carl Hanser Verlag . München, Wien . 1984.
  2. Book: Craig, Benjamin . Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide . Cinemagine Media Limited . 2018 . 87.
  3. Book: Fecerico Fellini: Interviews . Charles Thomas Samuels/1971 . University Press of Mississippi . 2006 . 89.
  4. Web site: Reinventing Neorealism: Antonioni's Documentaries of the 1940s and '50s . Museum of Modern Art . 10 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Short Films by Michelangelo Antonioni . BAMPFA . 10 September 2023.
  6. Web site: L'amorosa menzogna . fr . Cinémathèque Française . 10 September 2023.