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New Factory-Sealed LD's 8 1/2 WS Criterion #71 Rare NEW LaserDisc Cardinale Mastroian Drama Foreign

8 1/2 WS Criterion #71 Rare NEW LaserDisc Cardinale Mastroian Drama Foreign

Film Director in a Midlife Crisis-Benchmark for Fellini

8 1/2 WS Criterion #71 Rare NEW LaserDisc Cardinale Mastroian Drama Foreign

Film Director in a Midlife Crisis-Benchmark for Fellini

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Film Director in a Midlife Crisis-Benchmark for Fellini

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Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in...

8 1 / 2

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1177L )
(1.66:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc
Italian Language
English Subtitles - in-picture
Original Theatrical Trailer

8 1 / 2
1963 - 138 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Federico Fellini's Oscar-nominated 8 1/2 is a masterpiece of storytelling and cinema. The most autobiographical of Fellini's films, the plot of which concerns a 43-year-old film director who is having a midlife crisis, it is a career benchmark for this magnificent Italian New Wave director. Beautifully choreographed with flashbacks, dream sequences, exaggerated fantasy scenes, and magical surrealist episodes, 8 1/2 is one of the richest, most exuberant movies ever made, in the mode of Fellini's artfully abstract LA DOLCE VITA and AMARCORD.

Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is at a crisis point in his life and his work; in the opening sequence, Guido, suffocating, is caught in traffic with the windows of his car locked shut. He climbs out of the sunroof and literally rises up over the highway into the clouds, seemingly free, when he realizes there's a rope tied around his ankle that is violently pulling him back to earth. Cutting from this dream to the health spa where Guido is trying to recapture his creativity and write the screenplay for his next film, his vices become clear: Guido is self-absorbed, and he's distracted by the fabulous cast of actresses, intellectuals, and eccentrics who have joined him at the spa. Additionally he struggles with Freudian complexes about his wife (Anouk Aime), his lover (Sandro Milo), his ideal woman (Claudia Cardinale), and his dead parents; and his repressive Catholic guilt follows him everywhere like a haunting mist.

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Cast for 8 1 / 2

Marcello Mastroianni
Claudia Cardinale
Anouk Aime
Mario Pisu
Barbara Steele
Sandra Milo
Rosella Falk

Crew for 8 1 / 2

Federico Fellini Director
Federico Fellini Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano Screenwriter
Tullio Pinelli Screenwriter
Brunello Rondi Screenwriter
Angelo Rizzoli Producer
Gianni Di Venanzo Director of Photography
Nino Rota Composer

Feature Details

Title: 8 1 / 2
Feature Release Date: 1963
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Color
Runtime: 138 Minutes
Chapters: 29
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.66:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC1177L
UPC: 0715515000253
ISBN: 1-55940-009-9
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Spoken Language: Italian
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1177L-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Mega-Rare Factory-Sealed, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition with Gatefold Jacket

Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in...

8 1 / 2

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1177L )
(1.66:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Italian Language
English Subtitles - in-picture
Original Theatrical Trailer

8 1 / 2
1963 - 138 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Federico Fellini's Oscar-nominated 8 1/2 is a masterpiece of storytelling and cinema. The most autobiographical of Fellini's films, the plot of which concerns a 43-year-old film director who is having a midlife crisis, it is a career benchmark for this magnificent Italian New Wave director. Beautifully choreographed with flashbacks, dream sequences, exaggerated fantasy scenes, and magical surrealist episodes, 8 1/2 is one of the richest, most exuberant movies ever made, in the mode of Fellini's artfully abstract LA DOLCE VITA and AMARCORD.

Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is at a crisis point in his life and his work; in the opening sequence, Guido, suffocating, is caught in traffic with the windows of his car locked shut. He climbs out of the sunroof and literally rises up over the highway into the clouds, seemingly free, when he realizes there's a rope tied around his ankle that is violently pulling him back to earth. Cutting from this dream to the health spa where Guido is trying to recapture his creativity and write the screenplay for his next film, his vices become clear: Guido is self-absorbed, and he's distracted by the fabulous cast of actresses, intellectuals, and eccentrics who have joined him at the spa. Additionally he struggles with Freudian complexes about his wife (Anouk Aime), his lover (Sandro Milo), his ideal woman (Claudia Cardinale), and his dead parents; and his repressive Catholic guilt follows him everywhere like a haunting mist.

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Cast for 8 1 / 2

Marcello Mastroianni
Claudia Cardinale
Anouk Aime
Mario Pisu
Barbara Steele
Sandra Milo
Rosella Falk

Crew for 8 1 / 2

Federico Fellini Director
Federico Fellini Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano Screenwriter
Tullio Pinelli Screenwriter
Brunello Rondi Screenwriter
Angelo Rizzoli Producer
Gianni Di Venanzo Director of Photography
Nino Rota Composer

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