8 1/2 (Blu-Ray, #140)

Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellinis 8 (Otto e mezzo) turns one mans artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8 was the Beautiful Confusion, and Fellinis masterpiece is exactly that: A shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• High-definition digital transfer of restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
• Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
• High-definition digital transfer of a new restoration ofFellini: A Directors Notebook,a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini
• The Last Sequence,a new 52-minute documentary on Fellinis lost alternate ending for8
• Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert,a compelling 48-minute documentary about Fellinis longtime composer
• Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
• Rare photographs from Bachmanns collection
• Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: Writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske

Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang