8 ½
Movie: 1963, color, min.
- Director: Frederico Fellini
- Actors: Marcelo Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo.
Tiny synopsis:
Guido Anselmi is a director who is at a standstill with his work and life as he tries to finish his new film despite marital issues and memories that are causing chaos in his mind.
What does the first scene signify for the entire film?
The first scene represents his suffocation in that he cannot see his life clearly, in fact the smoke that enters into his car is representative of this suffocation of work, love, memories… The immense amount of traffic around him represents all the people that surround him in reality, his production crew, his lovers and friends etc… In this the scene holds much meaning as he then escapes that traffic and heads towards the clouds his inner want to flee from the chaos.
What methods of transition does Fellini use in order to establish that the audience is now watching Guido’s dreams and not reality?
Some methods of transition are Guido is always asleep when he goes into these dreams, whether it be in the first scene of traffic and heat that caused him to nap or in bed with one of his lovers and he’s fast asleep. Characters appear as if really just being present, his mother in the room leading to the location of a vacant set. Then his flying into the sky which was a quick change from the car establishment.
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