Film 45: 8 1/2 (1963)

Netflix Summary:  Dog-tired movie director Guido Anselmi retreats to thoughts of yesteryear when his producers, his wife, and his mistress all pressure him to start making another movie. Director Federico Fellini's semiautobiographical rumination on the joys and rigors of filmmaking - as well as lovers past and present - won two Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.


From Wikipedia:  As with most Italian films of this period, the sound was entirely dubbed in afterward; following a technique dear to Fellini, many lines of the dialogue were written only during post production, while the actors on the set mouthed random lines. This film marks the first time that actress Claudia Cardinale was allowed to dub her own dialogue – previously her voice was thought to be too throaty and, coupled with her Tunisian accent, was considered undesirable.





Film Viewing Due Date: 4/20/12