8½

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8½ is a 1963 Italian surrealist drama film directed by Federico Fellini, widely regarded as a masterpiece of world cinema for its innovative, self-reflexive portrayal of a director’s creative and existential crisis.

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8½ canonical 22
8½ (film) 2
8½ (screenplay collaboration) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
surrealist film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
Grand Prix of the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Anouk Aimée ⓘ
Barbara Steele ⓘ
Claudia Cardinale ⓘ
Marcello Mastroianni ⓘ
Rossella Falk ⓘ
Sandra Milo ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gianni Di Venanzo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
director Federico Fellini ⓘ
distributor Cineriz ⓘ
editedBy Leo Catozzo ⓘ
filmingLocation Cinecittà Studios ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
hasFilmTechnique dream sequences ⓘ
fantasy sequences ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
self-reflexive narrative ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0056801 ⓘ
influenced 8 Women and a Half ⓘ
All That Jazz ⓘ
Nine (2009 film) ⓘ
Stardust Memories ⓘ
mainCharacter Guido Anselmi ⓘ
musicBy Nino Rota ⓘ
narrativeFocus director's creative crisis ⓘ
existential crisis ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf canon of world cinema classics ⓘ
portrayedBy Marcello Mastroianni ⓘ
producer Angelo Rizzoli ⓘ
productionCompany Cineriz ⓘ
publicationDate 1963 ⓘ
releaseEvent 1963 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 138 ⓘ
screenwriter Brunello Rondi ⓘ
Ennio Flaiano ⓘ
Federico Fellini ⓘ
Tullio Pinelli ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ

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Nine (2009 film) → basedOn → 8½ ⓘ
subject linked to: Nine
Nine (musical) → basedOn → 8½ (film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Nine (stage musical)
linked to: 8½
8½ Women → inspiredBy → 8½ ⓘ
Brunello Rondi → notableWork → 8½ (screenplay collaboration) ⓘ
linked to: 8½
8½ (film score) → forWork → 8½ (film) ⓘ
linked to: 8½
Nine → basedOn → 8½ ⓘ