That should probably read: one of Federico Fellini's masterpieces. The fact that he followed La Dolce Vita merely a year later with 8 1/2 puts the Italian auteur in a rarefied group of filmmakers who have pulled off a one-two punch of films. 8 1/2 was an early title for the Criterion collection, and it's no wonder it's finally getting a 4K release to update for the physical media connoisseur. One of the best films about filmmaking, it's an arguably somewhat indulgent film, made by a person with a lot of privilege to put to screen his own therapy sessions - but that is a looking at it from a 60+ year distance, while still having almost nothing but respect for one of Europe's, and...
8 1/2 Blu-ray Review: Return to a Work of Grand Wonder
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That should probably read: one of Federico Fellini's masterpieces. The fact that he followed La Dolce Vita merely a year later with 8 1/2 puts the Italian auteur in a rarefied group of filmmakers who have pulled off a one-two punch of films. 8 1/2 was an early title for the Criterion collection, and it's no wonder it's finally getting a 4K release to update for the physical media connoisseur. One of the best films about filmmaking, it's an arguably somewhat indulgent film, made by a person with a lot of privilege to put to screen his own therapy sessions - but that is a looking at it from a 60+ year distance, while still having almost nothing but respect for one of Europe's, and...
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