beautiful Claudia..

Needs a rewatch for me to put my thoughts into words, it's been a while.

The sublime struggle against chaos.

Confusing

Personal, very, very personal. It's simply impossible not to see Fellini himself inhabiting every corner of the film, watching from the shadows in any one of the masterfully lit scenes that 8 1/2 is filled with, or listening to the birds along with Guido as the film exercises its precise implementation of sound. The story itself is harrowing, and it is up to the viewer to follow Guido, not to understand him, or to observe him coolly, but to experience his own confusion and loss.

There is a very good chance that I am giving this a lower score than it deserves because I am somewhat dull. The cinematography is as great as everyone says and Marcello Mastroianni is pretty amazing as Guido, but I really just had a hard time following the plot fully. There is such a large amount going on and it's very nearly impossible to know what's going on completely the first time you watch it. It's a movie that you appreciate more after you read a bunch of critiques and then re-watch.

A Fellini self-portrait in which anything goes.

8½ is a magical piece of film. You pop it in, and you think its a simple story about a director who has directors block, and you realize it isn't with the opening scene. The opening scene was pure magic. 8½ is an extremely difficult film to follow. You never know when it is reality, and when it is dream, and at the same time, it is hard to comprehend both of them. It was amazing how the past and present were mixed up as if it was happening simultaneously. Fellini's 8½ is a Masterpiece.

I see my experiment with KGB to put him in Ludovico style treatment using this film has successfully worked ;)

Fellini's masterpiece.

Too chaotic and not very interesting.

I did not get it. I'm either too young or too obtuse. I apologize.

Completely mesmerizing. Fellini has provided magical film making with the transitions between reality and fantasy happen without even a hiccup between scenes. '8½' is something special.

30 Març 2012 - Fascinació intermitent, sensació de complexitat a explorar. Llarga, però, em costava mantenir l'atenció en tot moment. Agradable descoberta del Mastroianni

holy crap this movie is incredible.

Accept me as I am. Only then can we discover each other.

Chalk me up as one of those who can appreciate the film's beauty, but was ultimately left cold. I'm almost always turned off by "movies about making movies", and this was narcissistic to the nth degree. Excellent in its way, but the least enjoyable of the Fellini films I've seen.

fucking shit!

an over all unenjoyable movie about a troubled director. fellini includes numerous dives into fantasy that both serve no purpose nor have any consequence, all while being interesting and rarely, but at times breathtaking. i really enjoyed the opening scene, but didn't really care about the end.