Features: 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 of "Fellini : a director's Notebook," a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini; "The last sequence," a new 52-minute documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for 8 1/2; 48-minute documentary "Nino Rota : between cinema and concert" about Fellini's longtime composer; interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmüller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro; rare photographs from Bachmann's collection; gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos; U.S. theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele.
Summary:
A film director finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career, fantasizing at a resort to get away from the pressures of wife and staff and to find inspiration for his next film.
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