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8 1/2 (Italy/France)
Fellini's personal summing-up?
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale
Footage: 135min
Year: 1963
The title 8 1/2 comes from Fellini's previous six solo films plus three collaborations which count as a half each.
Fresh off of the international success of La Dolce Vita, master director Federico Fellini moved into the realm of self-reflexive autobiography with what is widely believed to be his finest and most personal work. A film director is struggling to find the creativity required to deliver his next movie and consequently is being hassled by industry figures as well as his wife and his mistress. The stress plunges him into an interior world where fantasy and memory impinge on reality. The result is a dazzling array of themes and images which make 8 1/2 the quintessential Fellini movie.