Fellini Four Films 8 1/2 - Blu-ray

Zavvi - The Home of Pop CultureThe 4 essential Fellini films in one must‐have boxset collection. One of the most original creative minds of the 20th Century, Fellini is unanimously voted by critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors of all time. Fellini’s most acclaimed work, 8 1/2 won 2 Oscars®, it is perennially voted the ultimate film ever, with Mastroianni playing Fellini’s alter‐ego, a film director with a creative block: struggling, he retreats in dreamy recollections of his life and lovers… Rooted in Neorealism, I Vitelloni is a pivotal Fellini masterpiece, observing the mores of 1950s Italy where a clique of idlers, the ‘Vitelloni’ of the title, try to avoid adulthood. It is the avowed prototype for films like ‘Mean Street’ American Graffiti and others… La Dolce Vita is Fellini’s most popular masterpiece . An epoch‐making landmark having become a cultural reference and an expression in itself, it is filled with mesmerising images like Anita Ekberg frolicking in Rome’s Trevi fountain. It is one of the most influential and truly iconic films of all times. Giuietta degli Spiriti is Fellini’s 1st colour masterpiece. Presented here for the 1st time ever in full‐HD finally doing justice to the director’s dazzling explosion of ‘felliniesque’ vision. This idiosyncratic paean to Woman a breathtakingly beautiful fantastical carnival ride with outstanding colour cinematography.All the same extras as individual releases: including Interviews filmed especially for CultFilms with Sandra Milo (8 ½ & Juliet); with Lina Wertmuller (AD on 8 1/2) and Anita Ekberg (8 ½) Documentary on the making of 8 ½ with interviews with cast (including Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale), crew and Fellini himself: Explores one of film‐lore’s great mystery! Where a massive sequence of 8 ½ was shot with all the cast, but not included in the film, and it was never seen again. Exclusive video Essay by Guido Bonsaver on I Vitelloni and Juliet of the Spirits ‐ Audio commentary by Kat Ellinger “Understanding Fellini” And many others