Lies of Love

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Lies of Love
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Written byMichelangelo Antonioni
StarringAnnie O'Hara
CinematographyRenato Del Frate
Music by Giovanni Fusco
Production
companies
  • Filmus
  • Edizioni Fortuna
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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]

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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 . [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 Museum of Modern Art, [4] the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, [5] and the Cinémathèque Française. [6]

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References

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  2. Craig, Benjamin (2018). Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide. Cinemagine Media Limited. p. 87.
  3. 1 2 "Charles Thomas Samuels/1971". Fecerico Fellini: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. 2006. p. 89.
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