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60 Years Later, Federico Fellini’s 1963 Oscar-Winning ‘8 ½’ Has Fallen From Favor
The world’s film critics used to consider Federico Fellini’s 1963 Oscar-winning '8 ½' one of the 10 greatest films of all time.
Endlessly copied, cribbed from (both consciously and unconsciously) and parodied, it inspired Paul Mazursky’s 1970 film “Alex in Wonderland” (which includes a cameo by Fellini) and was the source material for the Tony-winning musical “Nine.” Could the fantasy image of a man with a whip controlling all the women in his life, and in his mind, have played differently to film aficionados 60 years ago? Sexual politics notwithstanding, the film’s five Academy Award nominations, including director and two wins for international picture and costume design, are a potent reminder of “8 ½” as a high-water mark of European cinema.
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