Amit Jogi (amitaishwaryajogi)

The Absolute Best!

this film has defined for ages what can broadly be called "the cinemas of the mind": the opening scene where mastroianni crawls out of his car's window and flies off in a balloon is a symbol of cinema's escape from the limits of Reason; it culminates in another scene when he shockingly grabs his mother's face to smooch her only to discover that the face belongs to his paramour...fellini demonstrates with 8 1/2 cinema's sinister capacity to penetrate our minds...and touch our souls.