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8 1/2 (1963) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
389 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.09/4 |
# of Ratings: |
112 |
Genres: |
Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
Italian |
Theater Date: | 06/25/1963 |
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Director: |
Federico Fellini |
Actors: |
Claudia Cardinale
Anouk Aimée
Marcello Mastroianni
Rossella Falk
Barbara Steele
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Plot Outline:
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A movie director, who become delusional, engulfs him self back to the old times - in his old movies and films - while living completely out of reality.
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Chris Kavan 09/19/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
This is widely hailed as a brilliant movie about making a movie - I think that visually it's striking - many scenes stick with you, no matter how bizarre. However, trying to follow this is an effort in futility since it comes across as so random. I liked it well enough, but didn't exactly "get" it. It's certainly a unique, original experience. |
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mitchellyoung 10/23/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
This is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite film. Taken linearly, it will surely confuse and frustrate. However, taken as parts that form a whole, the visual nuances on full display are fantastic. This is a thinly-veiled autobiography of a director who has made his living create fantastical visual landscapes. It is a layered discovery of the creative process that, while it isn't for everyone, will definitely entertain and inspire those who are more artistically bent. |
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SIngli6 05/31/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
There have been a plethora of semi-autobiographical films that have boasted invigorating creativity and vibrancy, but none to the degree that Fellini's weird and wonderful masterwork has. A surrealist comedy about director's block is hardly a mainstream prospect... and that is arguably why the film is so good. |
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03/25/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Wonderfully Original |
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There are movies that wander spotlessly through Images with little plot to speak of, only a weak premise or free association. Some of the more familiar examples are films such as Mullholand Drive. There are other movies that we common film goers are more familiar with that have a clear plot and message. 81/2 seems to have somehow combined the two; there is a plot, but only just.
The movie flashes between reality and fantasy, sometimes without the audience noticing. In the end it doesn’t particularly matter what’s really happening and what is only in the main characters imagination, because the plot is not confined t either world. The plot revolves around Guido, both External and internal.
It is a character study, but not in the same way that films like
Citizen Cane or There W... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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01/16/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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8 1/2 review |
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"Life is a celebration. Let's live it together." - Guido. In the criterion collection, Terry Gilliam's introduction and the audio commentary makes the film more engaging while learning about the director. An artistic, funny, poignant neo-realism/fantasy/drama/comedy, provocative and insightful picture about Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous sad Italian film director trying to create a sci-fi movie. He invites his wife Luisa Anselm (Anouk Aimée) but is involved with Carla (Sandra Milo). A myriad of women become part of Guido's life such as La Saraghina, Gloria, Madeleine, lady in a hotel, Claudia and more. Despite its complex brilliant technical direction and plot, it is basically about a director's writing block and finding happiness.
Flawless from the score (Nino Rot... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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11/19/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Viva Italia! Viva Federico! |
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Overwhelmed is the word that kept growing and growing in my mind while I was watching the film. I... was thinking that, this kind of pictures, this... supreme formulas that some directors achieved (by casuality?) wont happened again.
Fellini is probably the most popular italian director. The best? I don't know that much about cinema. I can say, though, that... 8 1/2 is the best italian movie I've ever see. It's a movie that I passed for a long time because of the praise, and, I didn't want to feel disappointed by it. Well done! I say to myself. The movie is pure cinema with every letter on it. It has a incredible acting by Marcelo, an awwesome script, and a wonderful score.
But, it's a lack of respect to this film. To Fellini, of me, with my limited vocabulary, speaking about this movie... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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