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8½ [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray]

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8½ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray presents Federico Fellini’s dazzling masterpiece about filmmaker Guido Anselmi, played by Marcello Mastroianni, whose new production—and personal life—are spiralling into chaos. One of the greatest films ever made about the creative process, 8½ transforms an artist’s crisis into a dreamlike spectacle filled with memory, fantasy, humour, and raw vulnerability. Originally titled The Beautiful Confusion, the film unfolds as a shimmering circus of images, ideas, and illusions. This edition also includes Fellini: A Director’s Notebook, the director’s rarely seen 1969 television film—a fascinating, semi-documentary exploration of abandoned projects and Fellini’s own imagination.

Film Info
Italy, France
1963
138 minutes
Black & White
1.85:1
Italian
Spine #140

Product Details

Format
  • 4K Ultra HD
  • Blu-ray

Included Blu-ray Region

Unconfirmed

Label

Criterion

Special Features

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION 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 8½
  • 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
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek
  • Cover by Eric Skillman

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