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Image Entertainment
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Featuring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Jean Rougeul, Edra Gale
Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. 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. An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Italian PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Audio Commentary, Theatrical Trailer, Short Film, Documentary, Interview, Gallery, Booklet
- Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
- Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
- Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
- The Last Sequence, a new 52-minute documentary on 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
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring writings by Federico Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske
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Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
Release Notes on Restoration
8½
8½ is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a restored 35 mm line-grain master positive made from the original negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter; and flicker were manually removed using MTI’s DRS system and Pixel Farm’s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The uncompressed monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from various 35 mm optical positives and negatives. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The uncompressed monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from various 35 mm optical positives and negatives. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.