8 1/2 - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
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Actor: Anouk Aim?e, Bruno Agostini, Caterina Boratto, Claudia Cardinale, Guido AlbertiDirector: Federico Fellini
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: Preying on the mind of the viewer
Summary: 2 Stars
"Unless Fellini's problem has been preying on the mind of the viewer, he may not care to take on the director's doubts and confusions." TIME Magazine
Like all Frederico Fellini's shallow, hypocritical 'masterworks', may be with the exception of Quinn's la Strada, this film lacks a definitive plot or narrative structure. It is even more difficult to approach, largely because of his controversial complex reputation. Some critics also state that the film is so complicated that it requires repeated viewing to unclue, which is likely to intimidate even more viewers, than those who read the back-boneless critics. But it seems to me, in spite of its pretentious surrealistic air, an early prophecy of a serious dementia that Fellini preached, without a glimmer of genuine creativity, extending a false hallucination of Mussolini's Fascism.
Top Critic Reviews:
"Fellini's flights into the surreal are his self-examination and confession. Alas, unlike Bergman, his confession is without moral rigor; he wants to be indulged, not absolved."
Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
Summary of 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection
One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is a director whose film-and life-is collapsing around him. An early working title for the film was La Bella Confusione (The Beautiful Confusion), and Fellini's masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the 1963 Academy Award? winner for Best Foreign-Language Film-one of the most written about, talked about, and imitated movies of all time-in a beautifully restored new digital transfer. Disc two features Fellini's rarely seen first film for television, Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969). Produced by Peter Goldfarb, this imagined documentary of Fellini is a kaleidoscope of unfinished projects, all of which provide a fascinating and candid window into the director's unique and creative process.Federico Fellini's 1963 semi-autobiographical story about a worshipped filmmaker who has lost his inspiration is still a mesmerizing mystery tour that has been quoted (Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, Paul Mazursky's Alex in Wonderland) but never duplicated. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido, a director trying to relax a bit in the wake of his latest hit. Besieged by people eager to work with him, however, he also struggles to find his next idea for a film. The combined pressures draw him within himself, where his recollections of significant events in his life and the many lovers he has left behind begin to haunt him. The marriage of Fellini's hyperreal imagery, dreamy sidebars, and the gravity of Guido's increasing guilt and self-awareness make this as much a deeply moving, soulful film as it is an electrifying spectacle. Mastroianni is wonderful in the lead, his woozy sensitivity to Guido's freefall both touching and charming--all the more so as the character becomes increasingly divorced from the celebrity hype that ultimately outpaces him. --Tom Keogh
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