This is a movie that is about as ambitious as they come. After watching and enjoying Woody Allen's Stardust Memories I decided to give this one a shot. Like Allen's film this movie is a film about film making. Not unlike Adaptation, 8 1/2 blends the life of the director into the movie itself until it becomes a surreal experience. This film went on to inspire numerous directors - you can see pieces of the film in movies like Pulp Fiction and Being John Malkovich.

And now some truth - I've tried to watch this movie twice and I've fallen asleep in the middle both times. I RARELY fall asleep during movies. I can appreciate the endeavor but the pacing got the better of me.

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Italian neorealism blah blah blah, when the plot has no point, when it's boring as shit, and when you get nothing of value watching it, no emotions, nada, regardless of how revolutionary the cinematography or music or acting or whatever is for its time, there is no reason to see this movie now, there is no reason to see it never. Having seen many depictions of weird narcissistic side, this one might've been chronologically the first, but it felt pretentious at best. 3/10

8½ is one of the best movies about film making, within a fantasy that clashes with reality.




Short answer = It's a masterpiece

An alternate title of the film is Otto e mezzo.

I think I liked it. It is a little weird at first but starts to make sense. It has some great cinematography. The story is more interesting after finding out it is sorta semi biographical of the director. I probably need to see it again to even come close to understanding it.

Mencoba menangkap apa yg baru saja ditonton selama durasi 2 jam lebih yg disuguhkan, akhirnya mendapat sedikit kesimpulan dan entah bakal mispersepsi atau ndak.

Film pertama dari sutradara Federico Fellini yg saya tonton, Fellini merupakan salah satu filmaker paling berpengaruh yg meraih banyak penghargaan di berbagai ajang termasuk oscar dan festival cannes.

Dibuka dengan scene fantasy unik yg membuat saya ternganga, wow such an art. Film ini mencampur adukkan antara realita, fantasi, dan kenangan, kadang agak susah membedakan diantara ketiganya. Bercerita tentang seorang sutradara dan bersetting selama masa pre produksi film yg akan dibuatnya. Film ini seperti semi theatrical dengan balutan tone monokrome, makna tersembunyi dari sajian metafora yg saya dapat adalah ini tentang impian, harapan, hasrat, kenangan, serta keresahan manusia.

Memang bukan film untuk semua orang, saya sendiri kurang nyaman menontonnya. Andai saja scene awal bisa lebih d perbanyak di sepanjang durasi mungkin bisa jadi film favorit sepanjang masa.

Paco Film: 8½, beautiful frames and photography, call argument is to be kind, Fellini is nuts

Nice

Honestly, I don't buy the "life is a feast" philosophy behind "8 1/2", but the flamboyant way it is visually translated into cinema is so unique that I can't but simply love this film and get lost in Guido's mind each time. The world is shown from the artist's eye, with no cues to help us distinguish daydream from reality. It might seem complicated at first, but making order out of chaos becomes relatively easy once you memorized all characters from each domain.

Eventually, the film is about nothing: all we get is the self-portrait of a man who is reflecting upon his role as an artist: his responsibilities towards his financiers, the pressure of his audience's expectations, the growing gap between the person he wants to be perceived as and the person he actually is (the king of Vitelloni), the way childhood, religion, and private troubles continuously influence his artistic vision. Narcissistic as hell, but definitely convincing.

Obviously, I loved the last scene like everyone else, but I still think that Fellini's original idea could have been even better.