8 1/2
May 06 - May 07, 2008
(Federico Fellini, Italy, 1963, 35mm, 135 min)
Mastroianni steals the show as Guido Anselmi, a film director experiencing a heavy dose of director’s block on his latest project. His performance here is flawless as he deals with the obstacles and crushing defeats of his life with a cock-eyed optimism. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1963, Federico Fellini's 8 1⁄2 is a dazzling mix of past and present, fantasy and reality containing all the stylistic elements and thematic obsessions that have characterized Fellini's films throughout his distinguished career.