8 1/2 (Blu-Ray, #140)

$25.99
Type: New Blu-Ray

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 Fellinis 8 (Otto e mezzo) turns one mans artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8 was the Beautiful Confusion, and Fellinis masterpiece is exactly that: A shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • High-definition digital transfer of restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
  • Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
  • High-definition digital transfer of a new restoration of Fellini: A Director’s Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
  • The Last Sequence, a new 52-minute documentary on Fellini’s lost alternate ending for 
  • 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
  • U.S. theatrical trailer
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: Writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske

Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang

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