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8 + 1 ⁄ 2 (Italian title: Otto e mezzo, pronounced [ˈɔtto e mˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Federico Fellini.
May 28, 2000 · "8 1/2" is the best film ever made about filmmaking. It is told from the director's point of view, and its hero, Guido ( Marcello Mastroianni ), is clearly intended to represent Fellini.
8½: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo. A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
A duo of mind-reading magicians begins its show, reading the minds of the hotel guests, and Gloria becomes frightened and refuses to participate. When the magicians read Guido’s mind, they produce the words Asa nisi masa, a mysterious and apparently nonsensical message that is significant in Guido’s past.
8 1/2 (1963) remains Fellini's most celebrated film and a pioneering work;one that explores the creative process while exploiting the endless possibilities of cinema. The film is also an anthology of Fellini's style, featuring his trademark aerial shots, vertical zoom movements, jump cuts, a carnival atmosphere enhanced by the music of Nino ...
May 7, 1993 · Fellini's 8 1/2. If you were watching the 1993 Academy Awards telecast, you saw Federico Fellini at his effortless best, taking center stage and handling the crowd with more poise, humor and authority than any of the highpriced stars who surrounded him. He invited the audience to relax.
Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda. High-definition digital transfer of a new restoration of Fellini: A Director’s Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini.
Inventive, thought-provoking, and funny, 8 1/2 represents the arguable peak of Federico Fellini's many towering feats of cinema. Read Critics Reviews
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8 1/2 is a witty self-reference to Fellini's own career; the film being technically his eighth-and-a-half after seven features and two short segments for compilation films.
One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8½ was THE BEAUTIFUL CONFUSION, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.
