8 ½ (Italian: Otto e mezzo) is a film from 1963 of the Italian Director Federico Fellini.
| [1] | This film about the lack of inspiration was paradoxically Fellini's best and richest, full of compelling and penetrating scenes and images. The fantasies and grotesque characters would later return ad nauseam, but have lost nothing of their first surprising effect here, as are functional in the painting of a creative thought process and not an end in itself. | [2] |
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Story[Edit][]
The celebrated Director Guido Anselmi is working on a new, Grand film project, but he has a lack of inspiration. To overcome his writers block he pulls out to a spa town.There, he is constantly disturbed by his wife, his mistress and a bevy impatient actors. Thus he galvanized in reveries about his childhood and all women in his life.Guido's fantasies are often intertwined with his actual life.
Background[Edit][]
The film contains some autobiographical elements, in which the main character serves as alter ego of Fellini. The title refers to the number of movies that Fellini had directed prior to 8½ ; six feature films, two short films and one film in cooperation with other directors. This film is so movie number 8 ½ by Fellini.
Receipt[Edit][]
The film received several international awards, including the Oscar for best foreign Film in 1963.
Division Of Roles[Edit][]
- Marcello Mastroianni: Guido Anselmi
- Claudia Cardinale: Claudia
- Anouk Aimée: Luisa Anselmi
- Sandra Milo: Carla
- Barbara Steele: Gloria Morin
- Rossella Falk: Rossella
- Madeleine Lebeau: Madeleine
- Guido Alberti: Pace
- Caterina Boratto: the mysterious stranger
- Giuditta Rissone: Guido's mother