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8 1/2 ★★★★ Otto E Mezzo; Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 1963

The acclaimed Fellini self-portrait of a revered Italian film director struggling with a fated film project wanders through his intermixed life, childhood memories, and hallucinatory fantasies. Subtitled in English. 135m/B VHS, DVD . IT Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Barbara Steele, Rossella Falk, Eddra Gale, Mark Herron, Madeleine LeBeau, Caterina Boratto; D: Federico Fellini; W: Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi, Federico Fellini; C: Gianni Di Venanzo; M: Nino Rota. Oscars '63: Costume Des. (B&W), Foreign Film; N.Y. Film Critics '63: Foreign Film.

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