8½
Italy • Italian • 1963 • 2h 19m
Director
Synopsis
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 (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.
Terry Gilliam on 8½
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Barbara Steele: Memories of Fellini
The Last Sequence
Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
Sandra Milo on 8½
Lina Wertmüller on 8½
Vittorio Storaro on 8½
Fellini on “Second Look,” Episode 4
Mira Nair on 8½
Mary Karr on 8½
Paul Feig on 8½
Michael Cunningham on 8½
Rian Johnson on 8½
8½
Included in
Hotels on Film
Position 5
Included in
Marcello Mastroianni at 100
Position 6
Included in
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time: Directors’ Poll
Position 30
Included in
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time: Critics’ Poll
Position 30
Included in
Foreign-Language Oscar Winners
Position 8
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Part of Box Set
Credits
Crew
DirectorFederico Fellini
CinematographerGianni Di Venanzo
ComposerNino Rota
EditorLeo Catozzo
ProducerAngelo Rizzoli
Cast
Marcello Mastroiannias Guido Anselmi
Anouk Aiméeas Luisa Anselmi
Related Films
via Criterion Collection
Articles
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