Guido Anselmi
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Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. The film is shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and set designs by Piero Gherardi .
A film director retreats into his memories and fantasies as he struggles with his creative block and his personal life. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1963 classic.
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- Drama
- Federico Fellini
- 1963-06-24
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. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a ...
A film about a filmmaker's artistic crisis, 8½ is a surreal and exuberant collage of memories, dreams, and fantasies. Watch the restored version with commentary, interviews, and documentaries on The Criterion Collection.
- Guido Anselmi
Jan 12, 2010 · 8½ is a film about making a film, and the film that is being made is 8½. It explores the fantasies, memories, and problems of Guido Anselmi, a director facing a creative crisis, with dazzling images, surreal scenes, and a magical word: asa nisi masa.
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show.
Watch 8½, one of the greatest films about film ever made, starring Marcello Mastroianni as a director in crisis. Explore the shimmering dream, the circus, and the magic act of Federico Fellini's 1963 masterpiece.
