8½ Comments

  • Zelda 2023-01-18 03:27:19

    Just some fragments of dreams, the whole picture is full of Chu Anni's deep and charming facial features. Who said that life should be happy when you are...

  • Deontae 2023-01-14 16:23:06

    Our most important reality is actually a fantasy. The movie is so complicated that many episodes can be rewatched many times. People on the vista scaffolding up and down towards the end seem to have inspired Mark Lewis' Vultures on the Edificio Martinelli. For the first time watching this movie, it made me feel very depressed to watch it...

  • Elenora 2023-01-05 04:24:29

    The subtitle tu sais pas aimer hits my heart. Filmothèque du quartier latin's 20th anniversary of Fellini's death was screened and restored in 4k,...

  • Jettie 2022-11-16 13:48:57

    The linear stream of consciousness, from the past to the dream to the fantasy, is so magically and smoothly connected that the structure of the film's narrative (if this is the narrative genre) is broken again in Fellini's hands. In fact, the dream at the beginning has attracted me, how can such a seemingly casual but well-made movie not make people...

  • Loyal 2022-11-08 17:18:01

    Yesterday, when it rained heavily in Shenzhen, I had the opportunity to rewatch the eight-and-a-half series. When I was concentrating on it, I suddenly fell into Godot's dream. The nostalgia and desire for freedom in his dream were a false waste of time with others in reality. This feeling of being in a dilemma is probably everyone who shuttles between the workplace and the hypocritical class. A really good movie is to stop and watch it, and every time you watch it, you will be pleasantly...

  • Keanu 2022-10-26 18:11:00

    It's a great movie, and it's so smooth. The director's struggles and sufferings are brought in as if to feel the same. I see a lot of people say they don't understand this film. In fact, I suggest watching "9" before watching "8 1/2". I personally think that "9" is not great, but at least it can be viewed from the perspective of contemporary people. Go and understand the story first, "9" is like a guide to "8...

  • Harmon 2022-10-11 22:51:43

    The narrative is fantastic, it looks messy, but it actually sticks to the main thread. A play within a play, a dream within a dream, the virtual and the real, the mirror image. A movie like wine, I don't know why I drink it, I drink it in the fog, but I indulge in it unknowingly, until I go...

  • Jamey 2022-09-23 12:26:26

    So imperfection is perfection at its best, and dwelling on the past is like curling up in the shell of one's self. But I still feel that I can't fully understand it after reading it again =...

  • Olin 2022-09-04 11:24:55

    The key is to identify the core characters and themes. But overcoming face blindness is the...

  • Andrew 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    I think growing up means that when you see everyone shaking hands and dancing in circles at the end, you can actually cry with a sour...

Extended Reading
  • Green 2022-04-23 07:02:04

    It is not difficult to say that it is not difficult to create

    Whether it is realism, freehand realism or postmodern stream of consciousness, these are just the differences in the way of expression. For a creator, the most important thing is whether to be honest with yourself or not to express your heart truthfully. This is whether a work can be successful or...

  • Elouise 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    Focus on the male protagonist who is dissatisfied with desire

    How great is not to say more, it is both a lyric poem and a history of spiritual inquiry. Unlike Cinema Paradiso, the film lacks drama and focuses more on narrative and surprise (rather than conflict).
           I mainly want to focus on the other side of the story of this film. The male protagonist...

8½ quotes

  • Guido: Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.

  • Guido: I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film to help bury forever all the dead things we carry around inside. Instead, it's me who lacks the courage to bury anything at all. Now I'm utterly confused, with this tower on my hands. I wonder why things turned out this way. Where did I lose my way? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway. Why don't those spirits of yours come to my aid? You always said they had lots of messages for me. Let them get to work.

    Rossella: I've already told you: your attitude is all wrong. You're curious in a childish way. You want too many guarantees.

    Guido: Fine, but what do they say?

    Rossella: The same as always. They're very reasonable. They know you very well.

    Guido: Well then?

    Rossella: They say you're free, but you have to choose. And you don't have much time. You have to hurry.