Starring: Marcello Mastroianni
Director: Federico Fellini
Vatican
Top 45 - Art
***Italian
with optional English subtitles***
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 on Fellini is a
kaleidoscope of unfinished projects, all of which provide a fascinating
and candid window into the director's unique and creative process.
Disc One
- New digital transfer of restored film
elements, enhanced for 16x9 televisions, with digital image
restoration;
- Screen-specific audio essay featuring
commentary by film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU
Professor of Film Antonio Monda;
- Introduction by Terry Gilliam, director
of Brazil and 12 Monkeys;
- Theatrical trailer;
- New and improved English subtitles;
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer
edition
Disc Two
- Fellini:
A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
- Nino
Rota: Between Cinema and Concert, a compelling 48-minute
documentary about the maestro behind the music of Fellini's films
- Interviews
with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmuller, whose career began
on the set of 8 1/2, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who
discusses the revolutionary art of Gianni di Venanzo
- Rare
photographs from the collection of Gideon Bachmann
- Gallery
of behind-the-scenes and production photos
- Optimal
image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated. IMDB Parents Guide
USCCB
Rating: L -- limited
adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find
troubling.
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Run
Time: 138 Minutes
Black & White
Languages: Italian
Subtitles: English
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