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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

8 1/2 = Otto e mezzo

Call Number

  • 4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In Italian, with English subtitles.

Performers

Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (138 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"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 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8 1/2 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."--Container.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam ; audio commentary featuring film critics Gideon Bachmann and Antonio Monda ; Fellini: a director's notebook, a short film by Federico Fellini ; The last sequence, a documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for 8 1/2 ; Nino Rota: between cinema and concert, a documentary about Fellini's longtime composer ; interviews with actor Sandra Milo, filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro ; rare photographs from Bachmann's collection ; gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos ; trailer.

Contents

  • [Disc one.] 4K Ultra HD version
  • [Disc two.] Blu-ray version.

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