A fuller life

Cinephiles around the world know Samuel Fuller, the immense American director to whom we owe the masterpieces The Port of Drugs (1953), Shock Corridor (1963) or Dressed to kill (1982). But many people ignore the many facets of this man: news reporter in adolescence, freelance traveling the roads of the United States, senarist and provocative director in Hollywood, filmmaker exiled in France and war hero. To tell the story of this extraordinary life that spans nearly a century of American history, Samantha Fuller called on fifteen artists who had worked closely with her father: from directors William Friedkin and Joe Dante to actors James Franco, Tim Roth and Constance Towers, each agreed to lend his voice to that of the filmmaker. Illustrated with numerous extracts from his works and his personal archives, A Fuller Life also presents unseen 16 mm films shot by Samuel Fuller during the Second World War, of inestimable documentary value. A fierce hymn to independence and freedom, A Fuller Life is a vibrant tribute to the man, father and artist behind the great Samuel Fuller.