Widely touted as one of the all-time great works of cinema, Federico Fellini’s 8½ is an elusive film about even more elusive things. It’s a meaningfully chaotic picture about trying to distil meaning from chaos and it’s a creative success about creative failure. It chronicles the resonant moments in one man’s life and admits that it can’t quite clarify why they matter. Doing justice to its early working title of The Beautiful Confusion, 8½ is a daring high wire act and an outstanding technical achievement that channels its story of artistic crisis into something sweepingly, uniquely profound.... read the rest.
8½
(1963)
Overview
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Tagline
A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!
Crew
Director: | Federico Fellini |
Writers: | Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi |
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Claudia Cardinale
Anouk Aimée
Sandra Milo |