Licensor
Image Entertainment
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Featuring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Jean Rougeul, Edra Gale
One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8½ (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&tm; 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.
Technical Specifications
Format: DVD
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1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
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Italian 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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English
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1/2/3/4/5/6
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2 Discs |
DVD-9
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Supplements
- Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
- Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
- Theatrical trailer
- Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
- Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert, a compelling 48-minute documentary about Fellini's longtime composer
- Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmüller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
- Rare photographs from Bachmann's collection
- Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos
- A booklet featuring writings by Federico Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske
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Release Credits
Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
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