let's talk about 8 1/2

[patrick]

someone else start

[Geek USA]

8.5

[sppunk]

4.25

[patrick]

sigh

[Fattening Ass]

how about no?

love it

[vanilla]

i've rented this movie, and only watched the first 5 minutes. then it was due, and never got to watch it.

[ambienlife]

yea big 8.5 go go!!!!

I can't think of anything else to say though

I'm apparently the only one on right now who has seen and enjoyed it, but I'm still no help

wait for ryan patrick, patrick.

[patrick]

yeah, in my top 10 films of all time easily

saw it on the big screen last night, i was so happy

Originally posted by failure

saw it on the big screen last night, i was so happy

I bet tessellation was there

[patrick]

Originally posted by Sean Casey


I bet tessellation was there

a boy can dream

[jenniferkate]

Originally posted by failure
saw it on the big screen last night, i was so happy

lucky duck!

[Isle]

i have 8.5 watches....












......none of them are fake

[meow]

Originally posted by sppunk
4.25

I would give this thread 8.5 stars but its not possible.

i would give this thread 4.25 stars, but its not that deserving.

[twice]

why.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issue...s_italian6.jpg

http://www.ufilm.org/ufilm/UFILM_DBM...o_fellini1.jpg

http://www.virtualitalia.com/article...ini_finale.jpg


The film, as it played in theaters, has the film director character Guido Anselmi deciding to go back to his wife while the characters of his past go by in a ring-around-the-rosy whirl. Considered one of Fellini's greatest works, the Oscar-winning movie regularly ranks in polls that ask critics and directors to pick the 10 greatest films of all time.

The ending used was actually a shot as a trailer, but Fellini liked it so much he used it instead of the scene he had already shot where the women of Anselmi's life are seated in the dining car of a train. The discarded footage was lost, but the Cinemarzaro Association found stills after buying the collection of journalist Gideon Bachmann who had followed the shooting of the film.

Claudia Cardinale, who played a sort of dreamlike muse in the film, said she doesn't remember much about the abandoned ending. "The film changed my life forever, Italian cinema was the best the world had," she told newspapers. "I only remember a bit about the train scene, mainly I have a sensation of love and two colors -- the blinding white of the costumes and the black-grey of the smoke of the train."

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[jenniferkate]

i really have nothing to say, but i want to say it all the same.

[Nimrod]

I liked 8 1/2, but I really feel that Fellini is probably the most overrated film maker of all time.

[twice]

Originally posted by Nimrod
I liked 8 1/2, but I really feel that Fellini is probably the most overrated film maker of all time.

why?

[Salena Child]

my feet are an 8 1/2.

[Irrelevant]

Originally posted by Sean Casey

wait for ryan patrick, patrick.

roof.

8 1/2 is my favorite film of all time. the Italian neo-realism movement kicked ass. i should see more of it.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by twice
why?

Because his films weren't nearly as creative or original or envelope pushing as everyone seems to think they are. Just because something is "different" doesn't make it good.

[Irrelevant]

Originally posted by Nimrod
Because his films weren't nearly as creative or original or envelope pushing as everyone seems to think they are. Just because something is "different" doesn't make it good.

8 1/2 was, though. if you can tell me where it copped styles from, please do.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by Irrelevant


8 1/2 was, though. if you can tell me where it copped styles from, please do.

I said I liked 8 1/2.

[Irrelevant]

Originally posted by Nimrod
I said I liked 8 1/2.

then in which films do his problems lie? Satyricon was pretty shitty, but it has its positive points, like the awesome set decoration. he really establishes a style with that film that makes up for the awful direction of the characters.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by Irrelevant


then in which films do his problems lie? Satyricon was pretty shitty, but it has its positive points, like the awesome set decoration. he really establishes a style with that film that makes up for the awful direction of the characters.

With a couple of exceptions, all of them. It's like he because a characterization of himself, or his style did. Anything from 1970- is total shit, for sure, but also earlier. La Dolce Vita was good... Boccaceo 70 was ok.. other than that though I find his films completely boring and repetitive. I am speaking of him as a director.

[Irrelevant]

Originally posted by Nimrod
With a couple of exceptions, all of them. It's like he because a characterization of himself, or his style did. Anything from 1970- is total shit, for sure, but also earlier. La Dolce Vita was good... Boccaceo 70 was ok.. other than that though I find his films completely boring and repetitive. I am speaking of him as a director.

how about Roma and Amarcord? they're early 70s and generally get praised. i have Amarcord out from the library and never watch it.

[Nimrod]

Originally posted by Irrelevant


how about Roma and Amarcord? they're early 70s and generally get praised. i have Amarcord out from the library and never watch it.

Boring and derivitive. My opinion only, of course.

[patrick]

has anyone here seen any godard? i personally prefer him to fellini tenfold.

oh, with 8 1/2, i saw the bicycle thief, which made me cry

[Irrelevant]

Originally posted by failure
has anyone here seen any godard? i personally prefer him to fellini tenfold.

oh, with 8 1/2, i saw the bicycle thief, which made me cry

umberto d. is even better than the bicycle thief.

i haven't gotten to godard yet. breathless and alphaville are both on my for sure want to see list.