SYNOPSIS: 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 Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act.
Wow, I wish they sold their box art as posters. I have gone to Kinko's (are they still around) but they wouldn't do copyright material. Anyways, the film was an unexpected surprise, first Fellini film I saw (& still my favorite) and upon dissection the artwork could almost come off as the cover for a spy film but somehow...doesn't. In fact the guys at Criterion gives the film a very existential feel. Up in front is the film's "hero" giving a look that has a tinge of unhappiness, while what appears to be the British MIB (British because of their bowler hats) playing ring around the rosie. Once again, the guys @ criterion have somehow taken a simple photo and make it say 1000 words.
Criterion Canvas score: B
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