8 1/2 (Criterion Collection)

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	Marcello Mastroianni	Guido Anselmi
	Claudia Cardinale	Claudia
	Anouk Aimée	Luisa Anselmi
	Sandra Milo	Carla
	Rossella Falk	Rossella
	Barbara Steele	Gloria Morin
	Madeleine LeBeau	Madeleine - l'attrice francese
	Caterina Boratto	La signora misteriosa
	Eddra Gale	La Saraghina
	Guido Alberti	Pace - il produttore
	Mario Conocchia	Conocchia - il direttore di produzione
	Bruno Agostini	Bruno - il secondo segretario di produzione
	Cesarino Miceli Picardi	Cesarino - l'ispettore di produzione
	Jean Rougeul	Carini - il critico cinematografico
	Mario Pisu	Mario Mezzabotta
	Yvonne Casadei	Jacqueline Bonbon
	Ian Dallas	Il partner della telepata
	Mino Doro	L'agente di Claudia
	Nadia Sanders	Nadine - la Hostess
	Georgia Simmons	La nonna di Guido
	Edy Vessel	L'indossatrice
	Tito Masini	Il cardinale
	Annie Gorassini	L'amica del produttore
	Rossella Como	Tilde - l'amica di Luisa
	Mark Herron	Enrico - il corteggiatore di Luisa

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Director	Federico Fellini
Writer	Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
Producer	Angelo Rizzoli
Musician	Nino Rota
Photography	Gianni Di Venanzo

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Story Synopsis:
Winning a 1963 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and international critical acclaim, Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 is nothing short of a masterpiece. Fellini’s alter ego, Guido Anselmi (Mastroianni) is a film director suffering from a tremendous case of director’s block. He has a contract and a producer, but no film. His struggles and stress soon lead to a seamless fusion of fantasy and reality. (Suzanne Hodges)


DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD picture is a fine restoration effort, with the black-and-white images rendered in a well-balanced gray scale. Images are sharp, and detail is nicely rendered. There are very few artifacts, though some of the larger, more noticeable ones are still apparent from the source element. Edgge enhancement can be a problem at times, but otherwise this is a very satisfying transfer. (Suzanne Hodges)


Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 1.0 soundtrack sounds quite nicely restored, with remarkably low background noise. However, the sonic character for this 1963 production seems more like one going back to at least the early 1950s. (Perry Sun)


SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

High-definition digital transfer of restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Blu-ray edition
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 8½ (Blu-ray only)
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: A booklet featuring writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske

New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang

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