8 1/2 dream

[garrettdirector]

8½ is about the struggles involved in the creative process, both technical and personal, and the problems artists face when expected to deliver something personal and profound with intense public scrutiny, on a schedule, while having to deal with their own personal relationships. It's about finding true personal happiness in a difficult, fragmented life as well as the alienating effects of modernization.

[HeadFullaFuzz]

@garrettdirector Yeah thanks wikiman.

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

@SROCeallaigh oh good,not the tired QT master or fanboy fraud argument.

[SROCeallaigh]

Pure genius...

[casakouba]

I have no idea what I'm watching thanks to Theo Hutchcraft!

[jcamp84]

Wes Craven brought me here.

[Roofhack]

Tarantino is a creator of trash. With but minor exceptions, everything he has done is a copy/paste of other film without any meaning placed into it. One could say he makes decent scripts, too bad he places no significance behind any of his word play.

And he is fugly.

[SROCeallaigh]

@Roofhack what about kill bill? That's meaningful...even pulp fiction has some thoughtful contemplation at the end...he is an entertainer more than anything else I think, but his films are not entirely without emotion or sentimentality...he's a modest guy who will claim to just copy everything he does, but he deserves more credit than that...

[Roofhack]

@SROCeallaigh Have you actually seen interviews with him? He is not modest. Let me know the deeper social contexts and humanistic elements within Kill Bill a part from simple stupid revenge story. He never explores the the human condition. Entertainment always has a context, nothing or no one is 'just' an entertainer. And any emotion he tries to project is shallow and without meaning.

[SROCeallaigh]

@Roofhack Your life must be pretty boring if you read that much into everything. I really enjoy tarantino films and plenty of people do, so he must be doing something right. It's good to have original, well-made films that can be taken at face value and enjoyed at such...and Kill Bill goes deeper than a simple revenge story, maybe you didn't watch it properly

[ryanmshepard92]

I loved this part, but I found the rest of the film pretentious.

[Sloth55Chunk]

This fool stole his film opening from the new foo fighters "walk" video!!!!!

[sleeper9]

@Sloth55Chunk I hope your joking. Considering this film was released in 1963.

[Sloth55Chunk]

@sleeper9 haha yep!!

[ThreeCrowns]

I just love how much more intelligent the comments generally get depending on what kind of video you watch.

[Ana27Beatriz]

Belissimo! Federico Fellini 8 1/2

[Cadmium77]

Awesome.Thanks for posting that.

[xoGorilla]

why is this the best film EVAAAAA?

[Damjan547]

Genius!

[themightygreenday]

Is there reference to this in the R.E.M Video?

[Partoftheratpack]

@themightygreenday yep

[lovelycas]

ah to escape a kind of voyeuristic claustrophobic world

[buckshoty]

I found this to be really powerful and claustrophobic, but at the same time exposed by all the eyes watching, the flight scene extremely up lifting. Then the scene with the string, it reminds me of A Streetcar Names Desire, "Help! Caught in a trap" but it conveyed the same feeling, with seemingly no effort, no dialogue, you can't see the character's face and I believe it's because Fellini wants us to identify with him, instead of watch Viven Leigh's darting eyes, were actually behind our own.

[ateniense7]

Extraordinary scene.

[DOMINOZ619]

every time I see this scene it gives me the chills, as if I were suffering from Guido's same illness will trying to sleep in peace.

[ladyofnewroses]

The opening scene from Woody Allen's Stardust Memories recalls this dream scene from 81/2

[qwertymissed]

I'm sure Americans are able to appreciate this movie.

We made a movie called FALLING DOWN which pays a great homage to this scene.

I think the top directors are here in no specific order... I might be missing a few

Federico Fellini

Ingmar Bergmen

Godard

Akira Kurosawa

Luis Bunuel

Alfred Hitchcock

[CaptainKrauser]

To whomever was whining about Americans not being able to appreciate the movie...

On IMDb, "8 1/2" has an overall user rating of 8.2/10. In the statistics section, US voters have rated "8 1/2" an 8.4, non-US voters have rated it 8.1. So, going by those stats, Americans actually like it MORE.

So, yeah. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[piranaut]

that was sick

[TakeYouToSchool]

what in the hell is going on here

[maxjordan90]

@TakeYouToSchool The main character is having a dream. It's actually completely brilliant because it's pretty much a metaphor for the entire film. He feels completely trapped and he just wants to "fly away".

[Silverwire100]

Ingmar Bergman was the greatest foreign filmmaker of all time. I'd put Federico Fellini second.

Both dwarf their contemporaries.

[Robin4ever1970]

I LOVE ITALY! :D

[BROKENHOUSEFILMS]

that is some beautiful cinematography

[mrmovieguide]

my all time favourite movie

[buddyakin]

This opening sequence still gives me chills.  Genius.

[turkaygob2]

wow, this is fucking boring. gimme 300 any day

[mrmovieguide]

@turkaygob2 i hope you were joking

[septip123]

No Fellini, no Woody Allen

[Sojourner30]

One of my favorite movies of all time!

[lanser87]

@Sojourner30 Whoops i meant to give you a thumbs up lol

[cauza79]

wot about "Falling Down"..

[varunasingh]

seems like a bad trip . well done.

[estrangedissident]

wonderfull

[doctorwintercold]

Theres something about a Fellini film...

[Gnaulz]

Masterpiece...

[MainCharacterChannel]

My favorite movie.

[youngbeards]

See also opening scene of Andrei Rublev. Also brilliant.

[AbyssThumbtackSpot]

IMO nah

[USAleX]

see also the opening of falling down...i wonder where they got the idea)

[analisapinto]

re One of the best opening sequences in cinema

Agree!

[analisapinto]

re "One of the best opening sequences in cinema " agree!

[damontir13]

sometimes... everybody hurts...  HAHAHA

[believeinmanna]

Oh, also...

Before viewing this movie, have no anticipation of it, forget all prior comments you've acknowledged (including the positive) of it, and let the distribution titles and opening credits drive you in like a hypnosis...

Maybe that'll help a little too. Well, that could help for any movie... But yeah, all I'll now say is that this film's special.

[believeinmanna]

I just hope that everyone, who's seen this clip on this little screen of YouTube's, has already seen this movie on the big screen prior to viewing this here. The experience would be ruined, especially this sequence... an experience that you might never fully capture, unless, at your very first time, you see it on the big screen w/ the curtains down and volume way up... And possibly watch alone. Like I did.

Should I repeat what I just said... It'd be vital w/ a film of this caliber. Ya dig?

[4455matthew]

masterpiece.

[kingcaesar5]

does the movie has subtitles?

[MyName42]

yes

[harrymovie123]

billysand is an asshole... Fellini is amazing but SO IS BERGMAN shut up you ass.

[yuchiminami]

jensbond,you are psychotherapist student and you can't see the meaning of this scene?now i understand the reason because i don't believe so much in psycotherapy and stuff like that|(forgive my poor english,i'm italian!)

[LucianaVallano]

I got shivers...

[candleman000]

i haven't seen this yet but La Dolce Vita's is good as anything in the last 50 years.

However, Godard still kicks anyone's ass in terms of edgy, weird foreign films

[maincharacter84]

You "...haven't seen this yet..." Go rent it or buy it now. Best movie ever. You have to watch it.

[billyysands]

this is one of the best movies ever made it is an absolute masterpiece

[sirimar53]

takes a while to get into Fellini, more something in your own mind than anything. Everybody has an opinion, I think it's top five in film.

[jensbond1978]

Someone please explain the greatness? ...and can I have my 3:16 minutes back?

[martmart1234]

you must be an American. Whatever you try, you can't understand? You need to feel the same pain to be able to understand the movie. However, for you, the meaning of the life is *cheap meat, *cheap gas, *a house in the county, *lots of pizza. So don't bother yourself!

[jensbond1978]

I am Danish. My life is about science (I am a physicist), art, music, therapy (I am also a psychotherapist student). Still I believe this is crap.

[mjkarger89]

You believe it is crap because you think there is only one way of seeing this film.

It isn't our problem that you can't see the beauty in it.

It is beautiful because of the cinematography, acting and the philosophy behind it.

Also, I don't appreciate martmart trash talking Americans. Being an American myself, I don't like it when I am made into a stereotype.

[jensbond1978]

Sure I can see the nice filmography, acting, and the too obvious philosophical points. Those things just don't trigger me.

Most comments here are saying it's a total absolute how to appreciate movies. Like it's not subjective... all I'm trying to communicate, is that an experience of a movie is totally subjective and personal. It is possible to have an experience which is not subject to rules of filmography, acting, philosophy... it's about the basic feelings induced in the viewer.

[jensbond1978]

...AND those basic feelings do not have to build on knowledge of filmography, acting, great philosophy etc.

[billyysands]

your brian must be frozen up there in scandnavia.. who do you like then that

depressed nuerotic bergman?

Fellini is a master how dare you insult him he is the greated with the possible exception of Tarantino and Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese

[shinjukugewalt]

how dare you talk about my brian in that matter

[billyysands]

i will now talk about your brain in that matter

[mrr1980]

how can you compare the greatness of Fellini with Tarantino? Ridiculous

[billyysands]

well i dont think your being fair to fellini.some of his movies were quite good,actually some people even prefer him to the great taratino.Martin Scorsese beats them both hands down

alito degli spaghetti

[mrr1980]

Nah man what I'm saying is Fellini is hands down untouchable compared to Tarantino. I mean, Tarantino is alright but if you take out Reservoir Dogs, what's he done compared to Fellini? I dont know, to each his own I guess

[billyysands]

pulp fiction kill bill

[zooeish]

@mrr1980

It's simple.

Fellini just have nothing do to with Tarantino.

Tarantino is good, Fellini is a master.

That's it.

[ohworldgirl]

I can't believe people are even putting Tarantino in the same sentence as Fellini - even Quentin would slap you himself for that one - comeon. This is hands down one of the greatest film sequences ever. Pls, if you watch it here, be sure to at least enlarge the screen and pay attention to how you are made to feel. Fellini also plays brilliantly with sound and the absence of it in this film- it's brilliant and on-point - and I'm personally more of an Antonioni fan - funny huh?

[mrr1980]

I didnt compare the two other than to tell this other guy that he was crazy for comparing the two lol..

[ohworldgirl]

Oh yes - sorry I wasn't clear I was agreeing with you and continued my response to your point.

[peopleintrees]

@ohworldgirl Fellini is a great director, as is Tarantino. Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds are both masterpieces. Jackie Brown was phenomenal. It's totally understandable why people would put them in the same sentence. They're both accomplished Writer/Directors.

[bixvoyager]

@peopleintrees Although I loved Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, I feel that anyone who ever saw an asian flick can tell you that almost every aspect of his so called "transgressor" or "avant-gardist" style is a simple copy of asian cinema, or as he tends to call them, a "tribute", he's not that original or visionary. I'm not saying he's a bad director, he has accomplished much and I believe the movies mentioned above are true masterpieces, as you said. But he's not as good as Federico Fellini.

[sleeper9]

@bixvoyager I might agree with you about Fellini but saying Tarantino copied asian cinema isn't fair. As it's said all art is copied and great artists steal. There isn't anything that is truly original. Fellini had his fair share of influences as well. Anyway, Tarantino is also heavily influenced by all sorts of cinema not just asian. There's also German and definitely Italian cinema and everything else under the sun in Tarantino's work.

[Chris25698]

@ohworldgirl True. Fellini is one of the all time great film directors. Anyone who would put Tarantino among the 10 greatest of all time simply does not have a good grasp of film history. He's a terrific film maker, but simply has not made enough films to compare to the true greats who had careers spanning many decades. Scorsese is probably the greatest living director we have.

[TheHoleBag]

@ohworldgirl Tarantino is a fine filmmaker. I agree with you in a way that i do not see much co-relation between the two or their films. i do not see any (or much) of Fellini's influence in Tarantino's film. And they're not from the same generation either so why are people comparing em'. Also, comparing who is the better filmmaker is rather lame, filmmaking is not a competition.

[laragazzadoltremare]

Don't stereotype Americans. It just makes you seem bitter and shallow. America is a huge country with MANY different types of people. Don't be an idiot.

[luigibattista10]

@laragazzadoltremare America is a continent, not a country teacher... Don't be ignorant.

[billyysands]

fuck you! i'm an american an i absolutely adore this movie.. you must be from new york one of the pretecious snobby east coast psudeo intellectual nurotic types pretending their woody allen.. there how do you like being stereo typed eh?

[buttcoat]

@martmart1234 fuck you

[gorfic44]

no, you cant. And for doing what, then?

[lelandb123]

That sound of the wind blowing is just so Fellini.

[ziegfeldgrl]

I love the scene with all the women from his past, but this one is excellent too.

[darkarts59]

The nursry scene is by far and away the best. The opening scene doesn't do it for me . Why does everyone highlight this?

[Cassander1]

a truly masterful capture of a dream.

[jacobssandy]

8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita are definitely two of my favourite films ever.

This is such a wonderful opening sequence. Flying up in the sky with the rope around his leg, so imaginitive and the symbolism throughout the film is unrivaled. 8 1/2 is very deserving of often being called the greatest film of all time.

Marcello is the best actor there is.

[09m]

Amazing. Fellini is a true master surrealism!

[cerzule]

This is possibly my favorite opening scene in all of cinema. Spectacular and breathtaking, encompassing so much so effortlessly.

[Amadeus9966]

The italian cinema is great! :D Thanks 4 Upload

[thepennymachine]

Great musical artist using a great sound from a great movie made by a great motion picture artist. Thanks

[thepennymachine]

which song was it?

[Uzbako]

Retardation

[MD550]

just plain stupid. A guy is stuck in a traffic jam. so he dreams he turns into a kite. really profound.

[jensbond1978]

Exactly... the philosophy and the thoughts behind this intro are very shallow. I don't get what all the hype is for! I guess I will just leave this forum and not get into further troubles here :)

[IJG26]

I saw this film twice ten years apart. Imagine seeing the opening dream sequence an inspirational film that deserves acclaim. Difficult to find anyone who has seen it...and understands it.

[proggoth]

Compare this with the opening dream sequence in Bergman's Wild Strawberries or Persona. Both of them painters first and storytellers second. Both frightening and beautiful.

[DreamsPower]

Un genio assoluto Fellini.

[67alloy]

Yes, the most important film in my life...and I am a native English speaker..

BTW-FYI the car in this scene is a Lancia Flamina Pininfarina Coupe. It is also seen at the end of the film at the "spaceship". Mastroianni drove a Lancia Flaminia Zagato in real life.

[Gnaulz]

G E N I A L E

[Weekyl]

Truly great film. Ranked number five on the Theyshootpictures list. And most people don't even know of its existence.

[j7m7f7]

My all-time favorite film.

[12sd45]

this movie was amazing. love how this dream sequence is the only one in the history of film that actually makes me feel like it was a believable dream.

[WuFaceProductions]

wow. it's been awhile since i last watched this film, i definitely need to get a copy and watch it again

[SugarKowalczyk88]

You can get the Criterion Collection off of Amazon!

[johnnondrowsyd]

to whymeee, yeah you need to see the movie, but its great alone anyway. i love the shot of the foot, where you can see the beach below and the rope around his foot, great shot. i think fellini was the greatest visual director ever, his camera work is incredible.

[ohworldgirl]

One of history's truly cinematic moments. I love the use of sound here as well/ lack thereof - Fellini was a smart cookie.

GBHS

[AlTaMuRaPaNe]

it represent the oppression we often live,and the nightmare,the artist's delirium...today there aren't directors such as Fellini

[whymeee]

Hey, havent seen the music and dont really get why this opening scene is supposed the be one of the best in cinema history.

I probably need to watch the whole movie to understand

[mindstormsabrewin]

The movie 'Falling Down" starring Michael Douglas lifted this opening scene. That movie is a real downer though. This is pure pleasure from start to finish. You can see how many filmmakers were influenced by Fellini.

[fhussain44]

I thought falling down was very good.

[mindstormsabrewin]

Well I didn't mean to imply that "Falling Down" was a BAD film. Not at all. It was a great character study of a tragic figure. I meant to say that it was a SAD film ultimately. I love the use of Dream Logic in films by Fellini and Kubrick. It cuts through rational thought and emotion and gets right down into the subconscious and stays there. that's why decades later so many directors are still lifting ideas from them.

[frimbo2]

until you see bela tarr's "werckmeister harmonies"

[stgoramirez]

...i mean, that's pure cinema

[stgoramirez]

look at that great shot on 02:20. You think the guy is looking at mastroianni, but it's a trick

[C3henille]

filmafic, it is as if you took the words right out of my mouth. It is one of the most magnificent things my eyes have seen on this side!

[montsrubi]

8  & 1/2 is one visual orgasm after another (for me ), starting by this sequence ...Viva Fellini!

[holydiver420]

I dont really know about the opening scene, I have a kind of hard time understanding how it relates to the rest of the story.

[montsrubi]

well, for me the opening scene is a prelude to what unfolds later, a lot of what goes on the film is related to his dreams

[eric3000007]

it relates to the rest of the story because he take things from his dreams to make his movies and i think it represents that he felt stucked in his ideas for movies

[Weekyl]

remember that scene in the showers? try comparing that to the dream sequence and you'll be getting somewhere on how this and the rest of the movie are related.

[SugarKowalczyk88]

If anyone here has seen the film "Falling Down", you'll notice that the opening seen was completely influenced by Fellini.

[rakeshgopinath]

Surely this scene was the inspiration behind R.E.M.'s video of "Everybody Hurts"

[mexigringo]

REM - Everybod Hurts.  See the similarities.

[filmafic]

not one of the greatest opening scenes... THE greatest opening scene in film history!

[asanisimasa666]

no argument there

[GoblinGirl]

I like your nic...

[GoblinGirl]

La Dolce Vita's opening scene is pretty damn good too. But this scene (and the whole film) are just amazing....