Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi
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8 + 1 ⁄ 2 (Italian title: Otto e mezzo, pronounced [ˈɔtto e mˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 Italian comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Federico Fellini.
"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.
But "8 1/2" is a great film in its own way, and despite the efforts of several other filmmakers to make their own versions of the same story, it remains the definitive film about director's block. The movie stars Mastroianni, always Fellini's alter ego, as Guido, a director who has had a big hit and now seeks to recover from it at a health spa.
8½: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo. A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
8 1/2 (English Subtitled) Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8½ turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.
A short summary of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of 8 1/2.
8 1/2 was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Direction, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction and won Oscars in two of its categories - Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design.
