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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.
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Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Italian Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
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
- 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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Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
Release Notes on Restoration
8½
8 1/2 is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. This new digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions, was created on a high-definition Spirit Datacine from a 35mm fine-grain master made from the original negative. To further enhance the image, the MTI Digital Restoration System was used to remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches. The sounds was mastered from a 35mm magnetic audio track.