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8½

Summary: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Release Date: June 24, 1963

Genre: Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini

, Ennio Flaiano

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cineriz, Francinex

Distributor: Embassy Pictures, Corinth Films, Vestron Video, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, Kino International, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 98,760

International: $ 97,615

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1960s actor actress adultery afterlife airplane stewardess anima apology applause aries artist artistic creation asparagus audition bag over head band bare chested male bare chested man barefoot bath in wine bath towel bathtub beach beatnik bed biting one's fingernails bizarre comedy blackboard blowing air on one's hands blue moon bologna spain book boy boys' school bubble bath cabaret dancer camera cane cape car car ferry cardinal the priest carried in a blanket casket casting catholic catholic church catholicism celebrity cemetery chase cherry childhood childhood flashback children cigarette cigarette smoking circus clairvoyant clarinet classroom climbing steps climbing under a table clock clown confession confessional construction site copenhagen denmark covering one's eyes cowritten by director creative block creative process crown crying cure dancer dancing dancing in underwear dancing on the beach danish delirium deserted movie set dinner director disillusionment doctor dog dream dream sequence drink drinking dunce cap dysfunctional marriage eating in bed eccentric eccentricity egotism elevator england epic drama erotic fantasy european filmmaking exhaustion extramarital affair eye makeup eyeglasses fake nose falling falling from height family relationships fan fan the person fantasy drama farce comedy fast motion scene father daughter relationship father son relationship fear fear of death feather boa fedora fever film about a film film actor film actress film camera film critic film director film director as protagonist film producer film production office film set film studio film within a film filmmaker filmmaking fire flash forward flashback flowers flute flying food forty something france freedom french french horn friend friendship german gift goodbye grandfather grandson relationship grandmother grandson relationship guilt complex guilty conscience gunshot hallucination hanging hanging man happiness harem harp harpist hat headache headlights headshot healing health spa hedonism hiding under a table hissing horse and carriage hot spring hotel hotel desk clerk hotel lobby human condition husband wife estrangement husband wife relationship illness impostor syndrome indecision infidelity innocence interview italian italy journalist jumping on a bed kneeling launching pad laundry letter liar lie lifting someone into the air loneliness love lover magic magic trick magician man in a bubble bath man wears eyeglasses mannequin marital infidelity marital problem marital separation marriage marxism maximalism medium format camera megaphone melodrama memory meta film microphone midlife crisis military uniform mind reading mineral spring water mineral water mirror misanthrope misanthropy mistress money monsignor mother son relationship movie producer movie projector movie theater mud bath mysticism napkin neurotic newspaper nightmare nonlinear timeline number as title nun nurse oboe old man older man younger woman relationship one word title outdoor cafe pajamas parade paris france pearl necklace penance phantasmagoria photograph photographer pianist piano playing with one's hair post modernism postmodern press conference pretending to be a prostitute pretending to worship priest production assistant production supervisor promiscuity prostitute psychological drama public scrutiny punishment purity question and answer railway station reading reading a newspaper reference to diomedes reference to god reference to king solomon reference to suetonius remorselessness repeated scene reporter resort hotel revolution rhumba rocket pad rome italy running s&m salvation sanatorium sanitorium satire satire comedy sauna scaffold sci fi filmmaking screen test screenwriter scrubbing a floor search secretary self acceptance self doubt self indulgence semi autobiographical sexual fantasy sexuality shadow shame showbiz drama showgirl singer singing sister sister relationship sleeplessness slip the undergarment snowing soccer somersault song sophisticated comedy spa space sci fi spaceship spirituality spotlight stairway statue steam steam bath stethoscope stream of consciousness student subjective camera suicide suicide by gunshot sunglasses surrealism suspicion swinging on a rope symbolism talk to the dead talking to the dead tears telepathy telephone telephone call theater audience threesome tiara timeframe 1960s top hat torment tower traffic jam train train station tranquilizer trieste italy tuba tuxedo twenty something twin beds twist the dance umbrella underwear unfaithful husband unfaithfulness unhappiness upside down camera shot violin violin player virility water wedding ring weeping whip whipping whispering whistle wine wine vat woman with no name womanizer worrying wrapped in a towel writer writer's block writing on a blackboard younger version of adult narrator

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