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8 1/2
- Special Edition
Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 is a masterpiece of storytelling and
cinema. The most autobiographical of Fellini's films, this surreal motion
picture tells of a 43-year-old film director who is having a midlife
crisis. Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is floating in a midpoint
with his life and his work; in the opening sequence, Guido, suffocating,
is caught in traffic with the windows of his car locked shut. He climbs
out of the sunroof and literally rises up over the highway into the
clouds, seemingly free, when he realizes there's a rope tied around
his ankle that is violently pulling him back to earth. He struggles
with complexes about his wife (Anouk Aimée), his lover (Sandro
Milo), his ideal woman (Claudia Cardinale), and his dead parents; and
his guilt follows him like a haunting mist. Starring Marcello Mastroianni,
Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, and Sandra Milo. Madeleine Le
Beau, and Rossella Falk.
DVD Special Edition - The Criterion Collection
Disc One
- New digital 16x9 transfer of a restoration done by the Cinema Forever
project at Mediaset
- Screen specific audio essay featuring commentary by film critic
and Fellini friend, Gideon Bachmann, NYU professor of Film Antonio
Monda, with excerpts from Fellini's interviews and letters and Deena
Boyler's on set diary
- Introduction by Terry Gilliam, director of Brazil and 12
Monkeys
- Extensive booklet featuring essays by Fellini, Monda and longtime
Fellini collaborator and critic Tullio Kezich
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Digital image restoration
- Optimal image quality: RDSL dual layer edition
Disc Two
- Fellini: A Director's Notebook
- Nina Rota; Between Cinema and Concert, a documentary about
the maestro behind the music of Fellini's films
- Interviews with actress Sandra Milo "Carte", director
Lina Wertmuller whose career began on the set of 8 ½ and
cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who discusses the revolutionary
art of Gianni Venenzo
- Extensive stills gallery
- Optimal image quality: RDSL dual layer edition
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director:
Federico Fellini
Black & White
135 minutes
Released: 1963
Rated: NR
Country: Italy
Lauguage: Italian (English subtitles available)
Genre: Drama
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