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One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico FelliniāsĀ 8Ā½Ā marks the moment when the directorās always-personal approach to filmmaking fully embraced self-reflexivity, pioneering a stream-of-consciousness style that darts exuberantly among flashbacks, dream sequences, and carnivalesque reality, and turning one manās artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life, as he struggles against creative block and helplessly juggles the women in his lifeāincluding Anouk AimĆ©e, Sandra Milo, and Claudia Cardinale. An early working title forĀ 8Ā½Ā wasĀ The Beautiful Confusion,Ā and Felliniās masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital transfer of restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
- Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
- High-definition digital transfer of a new restoration ofĀ Fellini: A Directorās Notebook,Ā a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
- The Last Sequence,Ā a new 52-minute documentary on Felliniās lost alternate ending forĀ 8Ā½
- Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert,Ā a compelling 48-minute documentary about Felliniās longtime composer
- Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina WertmĆ¼ller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
- Rare photographs from Bachmannās collection
- Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: Writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske
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One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico FelliniāsĀ 8Ā½Ā marks the moment when the directorās always-personal approach to filmmaking fully embraced self-reflexivity, pioneering a stream-of-consciousness style that darts exuberantly among flashbacks, dream sequences, and carnivalesque reality, and turning one manās artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life, as he struggles against creative block and helplessly juggles the women in his lifeāincluding Anouk AimĆ©e, Sandra Milo, and Claudia Cardinale. An early working title forĀ 8Ā½Ā wasĀ The Beautiful Confusion,Ā and Felliniās masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital transfer of restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
- Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
- High-definition digital transfer of a new restoration ofĀ Fellini: A Directorās Notebook,Ā a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
- The Last Sequence,Ā a new 52-minute documentary on Felliniās lost alternate ending forĀ 8Ā½
- Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert,Ā a compelling 48-minute documentary about Felliniās longtime composer
- Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina WertmĆ¼ller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
- Rare photographs from Bachmannās collection
- Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: Writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske
