8 1/2 Poster Daybill Original 1960's Re-Issue Federico Fellini
Daybill Poster.8 1⁄2 (Italian title: Otto e mezzo) is a 1963 Italian surrealist comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini. It stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director who suffers from stifled creativity as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Shot in black-and-white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo, the film features a soundtrack by Nino Rota with costume and set designs by Piero Gherardi.Its title refers to it being Fellini's eighth and a half film as a director. His previous directorial work consisted of six features, two short segments, and a collaboration with another director, Alberto Lattuada, treated as a "half" film.8 1⁄2 won the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design. Acknowledged as an avant-garde film and a highly influential classic,it was among the top 10 on BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, ranked third in a 2002 poll of film directors conducted by the British Film Institute and is also listed on the Vatican's compilation of the 45 best films made before 1995, the 100th anniversary of cinema.It is now considered to be one of the greatest films of all time.
