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81⁄2 (Italian title: Otto e mezzo, pronounced [ˈɔtto e mˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Federico Fellini.
May 28, 2000 · "8 1/2" is the best film ever made about filmmaking. It is told from the director's point of view, and its hero, Guido ( Marcello Mastroianni ), is clearly intended to represent Fellini.
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. Director. Federico Fellini. Writers. Federico Fellini. Ennio Flaiano. Tullio Pinelli. Stars. Marcello Mastroianni. Anouk Aimée. Claudia Cardinale. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +2. Add to Watchlist. Added by 203K users.
Plot Overview. Guido Anselmi, a forty-three-year-old film director, visits a fashionable health spa, seeking treatment for his liver trouble. A number of people from the film industry, however, have followed him there in preparation for the production of his next film.
May 7, 1993 · This film gives us the rocket set, a tower to nowhere, and ends at dusk with a sad circus parade, the clowns leading all of the people in Guido's life around and around in circles. Thirty years after Fellini made "8 1/2," films like this have grown rare.
8 1/2 is a witty self-reference to Fellini's own career; the film being technically his eighth-and-a-half after seven features and two short segments for compilation films.
Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning 8½ is the Italian maestro's iconic story of a director's creative block, and the ultimate movie about movies.
