Eight and a Half (Otto e mezzo)

D. A. Miller

Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo) shocked audiences around the world when it was released in 1963 by its sheer auteurist gall. The hero, a film director named Guido Anselmi, seemed to be Fellini's mirror image, and the story to reflect the making of 8 1/2 itself. Whether attacked for ...