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Rutgers Films in Print

Eight 1/2 Federico Fellini

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8 1/2 is among the greatest films of one of the masters of Italian cinema, Federico Fellini. This is the first English translation of the dialogue and the first complete continuity script of 8 1/2. This richly comic work, long recognized as the most important expression of the director's views about himself and his art, communicates to its viewers an understanding of the processes of filmmaking itself. 8 1/2 is the story of a director's efforts to make a film; it depicts the conditions of creativity, the struggle waged between the individual and the world, a struggle that finally makes some sense out of life and art.

298 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

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June 13, 2017
This screenplay is a perfect blend of dream and reality. On the other hand, cinema is a visual art. The mind of a screenplay writer or a director who wrote his own script couldn't be visualised so well. The screenplay includes several technical mistakes but this isn't very important.
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March 27, 2019
گوئیدو نمیداند فیلم واقعا درباره چیست همانطور که فلینی در زمان ساخت هشت و نیم نمیدانست. گویی گوئیدو مارچلو و فلینی یک نفر هستند. او تلاش میکند از خاطرات کودکی اش سر در بیاورد. گوئیدو از پیرامونش الهام میگیرد. تجارب گوناگون خاطرات و فانتزی هایی را برمی انگیزندو در این گریزهای گوئیدو به خیالاتش ما با او همراه میشویم. روابط گوئیدو ناکارآمد هستند او همزمان معشوقه و همسرش را به چشمه دعوت میکند! او با تعارضاتی در مورد زن ها مواجه است.
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