''A Fuller Life'' is a 2013 American documentary film co-written and directed by
Samantha Fuller. It premiered out of competition at the
70th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
.
Production
The film was conceived by Samantha Fuller,
Samuel Fuller's only child, in 2011, as to celebrate her father's centenary.
It is based on Samuel Fuller's autobiography ''A Third Face'', from which several excerpts are read throughout the film.
It also features excerpts from Fuller's private 16mm films.
The film was financed through a
Kickstarter
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campaign and some anonymous donors.
It features, among others,
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...
,
William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in doc ...
,
Joe Dante
Joseph James Dante Jr. (; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director. His films—notably ''Gremlins'' (1984) alongside its sequel, ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with Counterculture of th ...
,
James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (200 ...
,
Buck Henry
Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's ''The Graduate'' (1967) for which he re ...
,
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Luke Skywalker in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, and the Joker (character), Joker in various animated DC Comics projects, starting with ''Batm ...
,
Tim Roth,
James Toback,
Monte Hellman,
Jennifer Beals,
Robert Carradine,
Constance Towers,
Bill Duke
William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. As a ...
,
Kelly Ward, and
Perry Lang.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the
70th Venice International Film Festival
The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 28 August to 7 September 2013, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the jury president for the main competition. He was previously the presiden ...
, in the Venice Classics sidebar.
Reception
References
External links
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2013 documentary films
2013 films
Documentary films about film directors and producers
American documentary films