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Speaking of "Eight and a Half Films", everyone naturally thinks of the artistic milestone of the big name director: Fellini, and this film is the pinnacle of Fellini in my opinion, such as autobiographical style, coupled with circus-style background production, its film style is unique and unique.
"Eight and a Half" as a model for European films is Fellini's expression of his own spirit, but because it is too advanced, many viewers see half of it and feel that there is no way to watch it. The black-and-white screen coupled with the many lines, dense and obscure, but it is the accumulation of various elements, the stream of consciousness is well intertwined with the movie, showing their inner spiritual world.
The whole movie is like Fellini's private small universe, mixing dreams, reality, and illusions, and the various intersections of the plot even make people confused when and where it is an illusion, and when you are not paying attention, it transforms into the loneliness and loneliness of reality. In the process, the value that Fellini excavated is the process of deep artistic creation.
The film is only watched once, and it is impossible to appreciate the mystery of it, and even confuse the illusion and reality, mainly because of Fellini's unique way of expression and presentation rhythm. It is the completely different artistic collision, the spiritual core and narrative structure of this film, which has become a highlight of the whole film. In such a state of stream-of-consciousness and personal expression, reality and illusion collide to show off the spark, so today I will think about this obscure film from four different angles, believing that its spiritual core will bring new inspiration to the audience.
The privatization seems to belong to the Fellini style, which is especially vividly presented in the movie "Eight and a Half Parts". In that year, Fellini's creative ideas gradually dried up, like fish in a dry pond, and under the condition of limited thinking, a European pinnacle work was born, and to some extent, the personal plot of memories patchwork gave the film vitality.
Throughout the film, we can feel the loneliness and emotional changes of childhood memories, wearing strange hats and carrying shameful wooden signs, which are the emotions of director Fellini's personalization. Therefore, behind the film is the director's inner analysis and monologue, the intensity of emotions, and the subconscious consciousness.
And Fellini's privatization is more manifested in the mix and intersection of the stream of consciousness, compared to previous films, "Eight and a Half" can be nominated for the Oscar is not only visually exquisite, but also emotional and horizontal communication, the film's thirteen dreams are intertwined, the average person sees this and feels mental breakdown, but it is such a huge and interlaced structure that makes this film a classic in the classic. "Eight and a Half" is somewhat like Tarkovsky's "Wild Strawberries", the depth of thought is the same, but also from the illusion and reality of the way to express emotional emotions, Fellini can become a master of the film, it can be seen that the foundation is not ordinary.
The protagonist of the film, like Fellini, is also a director with a dry mind, and Fellini integrates himself into the film and expresses his predicament. The first act of the film is the opening of the stream of consciousness, the train is full of people, they are numb, even coldly looking at everything in the world, the protagonist Guydo crawls slowly, but no one outside the window notices his struggle. So the illusion quietly appeared, and Guydo transformed into steam, soaring freely under the blue sky, unfortunately, there was a rope around his ankle.
Guydo can't extricate himself in confusion, the trouble of creation and the collapse of reality, so that he no longer distinguishes between illusion and reality, in the atmosphere of stream of consciousness, the sense of boundary between illusion and reality is broken, and the spiritual level suffers from a sense of fear that cannot be broken, which is the reason for the dramatization of the ending scene. In my opinion, the fact that Fellini directors can occupy a place in the film is precisely the sublimation of the high degree of thought, as many people say, the Fellini style is unique and unique. This stream-of-consciousness narrative may be obscure or even imperceptible to perceive the themes the film is trying to convey, but it is one of the reasons for its formal establishment of his status.
Another major feature of "Eight and a Half" is the use of color and visual presentation, director Fellini in this film using a realistic way to express, its setting of character protagonists are closer to real life. Among them, the lines are combined with the visual feast, both are indispensable, and from the visual rhythm, I think this movie deeply amazed me. Although I didn't understand it after watching it for the first time, the second brush felt that there was a huge room for reverie behind the film.
The design of the circus background in the film appears in the last scene, which is also one of the most profoundly ironic plots of the film, the black humor is full of black humor, which is completely different from the ending of the protagonist, and the viewer can't help but laugh, but full of regret and irony. Guyido hesitated at the press conference, not knowing how to face the problems of the reporter in front of him, and these questions were extremely sharp, poignant, Guydo finally had a nervous breakdown, hurriedly slipped under the interview table, crawled left and right, and finally ended his life with a shot, extremely funny.
Then the film appeared in a scene of everyone singing and laughing, as if no one cared whether Guydo was really dead, under the leadership of the circus, the actors of the film danced one after another, holding hands and swinging, forming a large circle, director Fellini used circus music here, until the end of the stage, the music was still going on, never dissipated.
The black ironic humor quietly proceeds, and it is worth mentioning that the plot of "Eight and a Half Parts" is mixed with most of the fragments of childhood memories, loneliness, shame, sadness... The layered plot structure paves the way for the ending, and the troubles of Guydo's reality and illusion make the viewer deeply perceive.
The tone, music, and lighting of the picture under the black humor are all set off on the side, and the actors' performances are superb. Coupled with the combination of lighting and music, "Eight and a Half Parts" is presented slowly like a stage play, and the music is sometimes light, sometimes heavy, and expresses the deep meaning of the heart with emotional fluctuations. The change of tone is suddenly bright and dark, and the opera form gives this "black and white" film a unique charm, even if it is not colored, it does not affect the film's use of color art at all.
In my opinion, the use of black and white tones in the film presents a visual feast for the viewer, even if sometimes illusion and reality are confused, but this does not prevent me from feeling the depth of the film. However, if you look closely, the different pictures of memory and reality still change.
Moviegoers rated the film as truly great, only telling, not persuading. Fellini once thought that in dreams colors are thoughts, concepts and emotions, just like truly great paintings. "Eight and a Half" is not so much an illusion as it is closer to the dreams of life, which include fragments of childhood memories. In the movie, most of them are composed of fragmented memories of childhood, that is, the existence of dreams.
Coupled with the fact that Guydo's real-life relationship with his wife Louisa is not harmonious, the presence of Saragina, Carla and Laudia appears. In Guydo's life, there were only a few women, and they appeared interspersed with dreams and reality. In the second half of the film, before Guydor is on the verge of death, one second of reality, one second of dreams, frequent interlacing, may be the spiritual refraction of the protagonist's inner world of light and shadow.
This unique narrative structure makes people sigh, and I have seen many famous fantasy movies, but the combination of complete realism and fantasy is so harmonious, the film deserves it. Many film reviews mention the most is the combination of reality and illusion, but the film is too complicated, the boundary line between illusion and reality is completely broken, and finally there is no distinction between true and false, the edge of the spirit, the protagonist can only choose the most painful but free ending.
The film is fast-paced and the picture changes quickly, but the lines are extremely heavy, almost can be called dense output, and if you are not careful, you do not know the causes and consequences. In my opinion, "Eight and a Half" was named a masterpiece, precisely because of the advanced realism difficulty, the rich use of color, the biggest success is out of the downturn Fellini, in the trough period to create the peak of the work, have to admire their own Fellini style.
"Eight and a Half" uses simple and concise realism to create, showing a surreal state, and the subconscious mind also sublimates a completely different spiritual core. In the second half of the film, Fellini creates a profound latent ending, blending himself into the film and seemingly seeking reconciliation with the human subconscious.
In fact, the spiritual core of this film has transcended the realm of the time, and the director presents the illusion, memory and reality. Symbolizing the falsehood and predicament of society, and the appearance of several women in Guydo actually represents several different spiritual dimensions in Guydo's heart, childhood, youth, middle age... The ultimate definition of the film is to reflect the profound spiritual core, Xu is the struggle to break through the predicament, Xu is the desire for freedom, Xu is the relief of life liberation, I believe that all the viewers who have watched the movie have a different sense of life.
Life will end at some point, but the spirit never, and the ending of the film is particularly ironic and humorous, and it is not known whether to escape the predicament or fall into a never-ending cycle. In the film, there are not a few pictures of overlapping rings, and even several different scenes are converted within a few seconds, which is not so much the overlap of the picture as the overlap of the spirit, and the spiritual attitude of the protagonist is constantly changing.
Fellini, who came out of the neorealist creation, constantly broke through and gave new meaning to the film, the original self Fellini no longer exists, but constantly breaks through to the realm of the self and the superego. And "Eight and a Half" is a typical classic film with personal overtones, with a causal relationship and only one main line from beginning to end.
In my opinion, the reason why this film can become a model of European films is precisely the embodiment of the superego realm, the confusion between illusion and reality, opening with an illusion, and ending with an illusion. Fellini dies in a dream and is reborn in a dream, which is actually a dialogue between the director and himself.
Overall, "Eight and a Half" is the pinnacle of a unique realistic style and other elements, and its charm is far more than what is seen on the surface, and the audience's interpretation will always bring new brilliance to the audience. And the attitude of life shown by its director, the thinking about illusion and reality, dilemma and enlightenment, is the value that is really worth excavating. Inspire moviegoers of all ages to have their own spiritual core at different times.