Eight and a Half (1963) Criterion SDR 2160p UHD BluRay x265 HEVC FLAC-SARTRE [8½]

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. Also featured is Fellini’s rarely seen first film for television, Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969). Produced by Peter Goldfarb, this “imagined documentary” of Fellini on Fellini is a kaleidoscope of unfinished projects, all of which provide a fascinating and candid window into the director’s unique creative process.


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Extras

• Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
• Fellini: A Director’s Notebook [Criterion DVD]
• The Last Sequence, a new 52-minute documentary on Fellini’s lost alternate ending for 8½.
• Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert, a compelling 48-minute documentary about Fellini’s longtime composer.
• Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmuller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.
• Rare photographs from Bachmann’s collection.
• Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos.
• Commentary featuring actress Tanya Zaicon, film critic Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda.
• U.S. theatrical trailer