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Eight and a Half

( 1963 )
Special Program |
 
Italy
,
France
 |
 Italian, French, English, German |
 138 min

About the Film

The plot of Fellini’s iconic masterpiece 8½ revolves around an Italian film director, Guido Anselmi, who is suffering from “director’s block”. He is supposed to be directing an ill-defined science fiction film but has lost interest amid artistic and marital difficulties. As Guido struggles half-heartedly to work on the film, a series of flashbacks and dreams merge with his memories and fantasies that are often interwoven with reality.

Director

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini was born January 20, 1920, in Rimini, Italy. In 1944 he met director Roberto Rossellini and joined a team of writers who created Roma, città aperta, often cited as the seminal film of the Italian Neorealist movement. As a director, one of Fellini’s major works is La dolce vita (1960), which starred Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée and Anita Ekberg. Fellini won best foreign-language Oscars for La strada (1954), Le notti di Cabiria (1957), 8 1/2 (1963) and Amarcord (1973). He also took home a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1993.

Producer

Angelo Rizzoli

Production Company

Cineriz , Francinex

Screenplay

Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi

Cinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo

Editing

Leo Catozzo

Sound

Alberto Bartolomei, Mario Faraoni

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk

Contacts

Producer

Angelo Rizzoli

Production Company

Cineriz , Francinex

Screenplay

Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi

Cinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo

Editing

Leo Catozzo

Sound

Alberto Bartolomei, Mario Faraoni

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk

Contacts

More About Film

Guido is a film director, trying to relax after his last big hit. He can’t get a moment’s peace, however, with the people who have worked with him in the past constantly looking for more work. He wrestles with his conscience, but is unable to come up with a new idea. While thinking, he starts to recall major happenings in his life, and all the women he has loved and left. An autobiographical film of Fellini, about the trials and tribulations of film making.