Scene from Fellini's 8 1/2

[fjeljep]

These scene makes me feel very good, like i would be the child that is being bathed and that guitar in the background sounding makes me feel really warm and i feel like it would be my memories

[saqibk1]

Hwo was the greatest Kubrick or Fellini???

[torpedosable]

what does it mean ''ASA NISI MASA''? It means nothing in italian

[marinicaa]

@torpedosable It's Pig Latin. It means Anima A-sa NI-si MA-sa.

[torpedosable]

@marinicaa thanks



[plugindave]

subtitles fail

[silverkenon]

thumbs up if you searched Fellini cause of Gaga

[FACES82]

Magnifico

[MrSteveStarr]

Fabulous genius.. beautiful and stunning.

[1Pianiste]

With this scene, Fellini proves that beautiful cinematography can be an effective tool in inducing the viewer's emotional response. Along with the beautiful music and dialogue, it makes this scene go straight to the heart.

[B0rnintoTrouble]

Does anyone know the music of the lady singing at around 5minutes???? is it on the soundtrack I MUST FIND IT!!!!!!!!!! please message me if you know or have it

[horofhay]

@B0rnintoTrouble - Yes, it is a predominant theme of the soundtrack and is played in different arrangements throughout the film including the finale.

[duytantong]

crazy

[ipublica]

Can anybody of you tell me how Fellini could get at this incredible sharpness and b/w contrast in this film. It's a miracle to me. I have seen nothing similar with digital video, neither SD nor HD. Was it has personal genius to get there or was it the quality of the equipment. Please kindly reply me because my preference is monocrome flim and photography, using digital technology. Sincerely hope that anybody finds this comment ...

[budojon]

@ipublica

you can scan the original film reel and then bring it a lot sharper on tv in hd quality. many old movies can get a new fantastic qality with this procedure.

[ipublica]

@budojon But that must be very expensive gear, I guess. This is my favorite movie, I think I saw it 100 times already and I am still wondering what kind of gear I would have to buy to produce this quality of b/w video? The contrast is fantastic and all the greys are there. I guess only an expensive video cam or DSLR can do that. I have experimented quite a bit with either unsaturating color photos or shoot directly in b/w with my former Canon 400D and found that the RAWs are always color.

[budojon]

@ipublica

you dont need a digital cam and the result would not be as good as a scanner. all you need is a regular scanner and time to scan in all the pictures from the reel. time is what produce labor costs.

[salafricano]

un film del cazzo

[knoxharrington666]

@salafricano cretino

[Agavez]

Anyone knows what song or theme is in the "asa nisi masa" scene? Is very important, thanks :)

Qualcuno saprebbe dirmi che canzone o tema è quello della scena di "asa nisi masa"? E' molto importante, grazie :)

[zfree8]

You know, I've always been attracted to this scene for some reason. I'm glad to know that so many other people like it. It just has such a mysterious beauty to it.

[fifidog887]

So does anyone know the music for the scene i don't think its nino rota because its not on the soundtrack and rota has mostly intrsumental stuff it seems with no female operatic singing?

[nickoch]

NINE IS BULLSH!T!!!! Fellini, just a genius!

[asacerfulofsecret]

the genius of a man: Federico Fellini.

[brasy22]

@UareFired such a freakin asshole....shut up and take a look at this movie!it's a lesson of cinema!

[monkeybizwak]

...magical...

[skeptyky]

J'AIME FELLINI DEPUIS 1967

[keatonski21]

il y a quelqu'un qui sait comme s'appelle la chanson du minute 3:27?

Comment trouver ce chanson?

Merci

[sgabazzi]

@keatonski21 : it's the original soundtrack by Nino Rota!

[HydeDammit1]

Does anyone know what the name of the song is that starts at 4:16 ? I have the score, and it's not included.

[lotus07]

The use of the term in the film has multipule meanings. It brings back Guidos memories of youth and his love of women as the nurturing mothers that cared for him unconditionally, and is then uttered by a young girl who is the first to trick him, after which he realizes that all woman are not saints, but indeed can be very cruel. In essence, it spells the end of his childhood.

[sgabazzi]

@lotus07 Asa NIsi MAsa --------->ANIMA

[vboy13]

right

the maestro had the actors say anything and then added the dialogue at post

[dp1228]

hey this might be a dumb question but its really bugging me...

im assuming the language that we hear is italian, but why is it that their lips dont go with it? are they speaking a different language that what we are hearing? or is it just because the movie is old? if anyone knows please enlighten me! thanks!

[ToadmanProductions]

in italy, they don't record any live sound, they dub it in the studios.

[OOOFaustOOO]

@dp1228

it isn't properly italian: it is the veneto vernacular

[kilocubo]

@OOOFaustOOO: no, it's romagnolo.

[agamagoma]

asa nisi masa...go back time , be a child

[agamagoma]

questo film mi fa piangere di dolcezza

[motorizedlamb]

3:34 the use of shadows is fantastic

[smiki1118]

also in 6:05.

[ygopack]

I saw this in film studies and wanted to kill me self it sucks ballzz

[motorizedlamb]

What are you doing in film studies?

[monkeybizwak]

If you study film...plz do the world a favor and quit now... if you cannot see the genius in this you are not fit to criticize let alone make cinematography

[Sealord75369]

stupid retard loser you responded tom a comment that was MONTHS ago you must have a HUGE social life

[monkeybizwak]

oh well excuse me mr.fuckin social lion... ya know your opinion could be valid if it weren't coming from a 25 yr.old dildo that plays with plastic toys made for japanese toddlers... so dont give me that social life crap when your getting yer kicks from fucking pokemon dolls... you fucking chid.

[Sealord75369]

dude im twelve

[monkeybizwak]

exactly

[colacreative]

Fellini would have liked Sad Cone.

[bukovoima]

Sebbene io comprendo italiano un poco, io posso lo non parlo. Ma io vorrei le apprendo. Perché? Esso suona molto bello.

Okay, I apologize. I'm absolutely positive I didn't get those sentences right, but what the hell... And to show I actually had something to say; Fellini is a genius. I cannot but admire his movies.

[agamagoma]

sono italiana e sono felice di quello che hai scritto...è molto dolce :)

[eyesindk]

I love black and white !!

[knoxharrington666]

and the italian at 4:15 is amazing

[knoxharrington666]

the old woman is BEAUTIFUL

[Tomtuber1988]

magical

[espantadelicia]

fellini é fogo.

[theloneras]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing from 6:00 to the end of the video? That guitar gets me everytime! Thanks in advance

[gulenka333]

what is that painting backwards in the children's room?? it's shown so clear like it has a meaning or something??

[mindstormsabrewin]

This is such a beautiful scene. The music is magnificent. The woman singing is heartbreaking! It is so warm and maternal. One of the most magical scenes in any movie. Todays filmmakers have a lot to learn.

[maincharacter84]

Believe me man I want to make it there. I actually made a music video inspired by this film. You can check it out in my videos.

[AsaNisiMasa1963]

@mindstormsabrewin To be fair...Fellini is not a filmmaker. He is an artist. And there are very few of those in the medium of cinema.

[fjeljep]

@mindstormsabrewin exactly !

[bigNberlin2]

@mindstormsabrewin And they'll never learn it, sadly!

[hollist3r]

it could mean that anima stuff, but isn't it telling that Guido's lone thought while in the middle of making a film is something from his childhood. he wants to go back to that time, when everything was simpler, without the pressure of the real world. don't we all want that sometimes???

[mitsom]

What an incredible movie. One of the best I have ever seen.

[makkister]

questo non è un film. questo è alchimia. rock on Marcello.

[THingOLooooooo]

Asa nisa masa. :-)

[w00zyhead]

(animus describes the personification of repressed male characteristics in the female). it then, can be interpreted as a reference to Guido's confusion about women

[w00zyhead]

Asa nisi masa is actually only one word, encoded in a children's play language similar to pig Latin. When the second syllable of each word is removed, what is left is the word Anima. Fellini,who was interested in the work of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung, would have known that Jung used the word anima to describe the personification of repressed female characteristics in the male

[bottomdogman]

incredible woozyhead.. How'd ya figure that out ??? and FUCK ME Fellini is a trip.. and this film ohhhhhhhh

[mindstormsabrewin]

This theory is discussed on the commentary track of the Criterion Collection dvd.

[sirimar53]

the wind and the fire gets me every time.

[SilenceDuReves]

Wow! I barely noticed it. What do you think it represents?

[calicastorp]

Asanisimasa is a bit like "abracadabra" in English. It is a colloquialism.

[touchogrey]

Not exactly.

[BlogSnob]

Think of it this way since the film is about film makeing. It's the magic words that make a flat image move and come to live to reveal a treasure in the real world : )

[calicastorp]

This film as a text is served so well by your great remark, BlogSnob.

[abclukeabc]

Ok ti ringrazio.

[abclukeabc]

e se fosse in latino? asa nisi masa cioè asa se non è masa. in fondo cambia solo una lettera dunque asa se non (m)asa. per il resto in latino non significa una sega. non ho visto il film quindi non so dire se abbia altri significati...però anima non capisco dove la vedi

[benjmin54321]

yes really a brilliant film so much to it, so good

[benjmin54321]

can anyone explain what asa nisi dah means

[avastyer]

I think that it's a kind of code that he and his sister used. You know - kids making up their own secret language, calling certain things by unusual names. So it typifies his yearning for simplier, and more magical, times.

[PaulinaColombia]

Thank you for posting. Really

[neonknights]

This guy could win "The Successor - Who Will Be The Next Uri Geller?" competition...

[williamearle]

asa nisi masa is my very favorite film segment -maybe the voices, maybe the guitar, maybe the camera tracking, the advance of the night - magical -  I remember back with my cousins too!

[tasper72]

meraviglioso

[SugarKowalczyk88]

This is a film everyone should see.

[InSaNiTy86]

Come faccio a trovare le parole di fronte a tanta Maestria? Come?

[rizrollins]

words fail me.. thanks ever so much for this one..

[imansutiki]

una de las secuencias mas logradas en la historia del cine... probablemente mi pelicula favorita de todos los tiempos. q tal maestro fellini

[wardjdim]

This has been my favorite cinema moment for some years now.

Thanks so much for uploding it..

[SirPsychoSexy714]

Can you just explain the meaning of this scene...I don't get why its so important

[jamdodgeismyname1]

don't 'thumbs down' him you pompous fool, he just asked a question. Geez.

[vita48]

extraordinary