8 1/2 (1963)

	Anouk Aimee	Luisa Anselmi
	Claudia Cardinale	Claudia
	Rosella Falk
	Marcello Mastroianni	Guido Anselmi
	Sandra Milo	Carla
	Barbara Steele	Gloria Morin
	Anouk Aimée	Luisa Anselmi (as Anouk Aimee)
	Rossella Falk	Rossella
	Madeleine LeBeau	Madeleine, l'attrice francese (as Madeleine Lebeau)
	Caterina Boratto	La signora misteriosa
	Eddra Gale	La Saraghina (as Edra Gale)
	Guido Alberti	Pace, il produttore
	Bruno Agostini	Il segretario di produzione
	Mario Conocchia	Conocchia, il direttore di produzione

Director

Federico Fellini

Producer

Rocco Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli

Writer

Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano
Brunello Rondi

Cinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo

Musician

Nino Rota

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. Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastrioanni) is a director whose film -- and life -- is collapsing around him. An early working title for the film was La Bella Confusione (The Beautiful Confusion), and Fellini's masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.

The Criterion Collection is proud to present the 1963 Academy Award® winner for Best Foreign-Language Film - one of the most written about, talked about and imitated movies of all time -- in a beautifully restored new all digital transfer. Disc Two features 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 and creative process.

Edition Details
Edition	The Criterion Collection
Distributor	Criterion
Chapters	28
Release Date	12/4/2001
Packaging	Custom Case
Screen Ratio	Widescreen 1.85:1 B&W (Anamorphic)
Subtitles	English
Audio Tracks	ITALIAN: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes	2

Personal Details
Purchase Price	$39.95
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Disc 01

Disc One:
Screen-specific audio essay featuring commentary by film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU Professor of Film Antonio Monda
Introduction by Terry Gilliam, director of Brazil and 12 Minutes
22-page booklet featuring essays by Fellini, longtime Fellini collaborator and critic Tullio Kezich, and film professor and author Alexander Sesonske
Theatrical Trailer

Disc Two:
Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert, a compelling 48-minute documentary about the maestro behind the music of Fellini's films
Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmuller, whose career began on the set of 8 1/2, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who discusses the revolutionary art of Gianni di Venanzo
Rare photographs from the collection of Gideon Bachmann
Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos