8½ (1963)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 138 minuten
Alternative titles: Otto e Mezzo / Federico Fellini's 8½ / Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 / Eight and a Half
Country:
Italy / France
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimée
IMDb score:
8,0 (132.238)
Releasedate: 14 February 1963
8½ plot
"A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!"
Director Guido tries to relax after his last hit film. However, he does not get any rest, as the people he has worked with in the past are constantly looking for new work. He struggles with his conscience, but can't come up with a new idea. While he is thinking, he begins to reminisce about important events in his life. Autobiographical film by Fellini.
Actors and actresses
Guido Anselmi
Luisa Anselmi
Carla
Claudia
Rossella
Gloria Morin
Madeleine, the French Actress
Mysterious Lady
La Saraghina
Pace, the Producer
Reviews & comments
arno74
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- 8700 messages
- 3342 votes
I have to review this one once, can't form a good picture after my first viewing. It's not the type of movie that (like I've done) you have to step into without prior knowledge. But then I want to see other Fellini's first to get to know him and his style better, this was my first from this director and that wasn't very useful either. Some familiarity with this director seems to me to be a must for seeing this autobiographical, psycho-analytical film. The piece what Dievegge wrote is very interesting and I will keep that in mind for the next review, I should have read that beforehand (including 'spoilers'). A provisional spacious 3 *.
Now I also know where Cuarón got his inspiration from for his film Roma (2018). But it's also become much clearer to me now why I don't think Roma is such a good film. In 8½ , cinematography, pace and story fit seamlessly together, and that is much less the case in Roma, it feels more made to me there.
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Noodless
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- 10053 messages
- 6185 votes
8 1/2 is the story about a man who, in the deepest darkness of this existence... manages to drastically change his psychological position towards himself, others and life and who recharges himself with new energy.. .a new attitude to life. It is not a film to understand, but to feel. Film is an art form in which there is no room to think. The last sentence literally comes from the director. Well, film is art and a lot is possible...but it also has to be something and I didn't feel the film at all. 5/10
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
My 6th Fellini in the meantime and I can gradually conclude that it is not exactly my favorite director. La strada was most within my interests. All the other films - nevertheless highly regarded - did not interest me much. This 8 1/2 also falls under this. Technically fine and very neat, but the film just couldn't grab me. It all mattered little to me.
I have the impression that I am by no means the only one experiencing this same feeling. It will also be my last Fellini for a while. At times very busy film with many characters that I could not always place or say what they actually had as added value. Although it all started fine with an excellent opening scene, but later as the film progressed it fell like a pudding for me.
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