New Arrival 8 (4K UHD, #140)

Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellinis8turns one mans artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for8wasThe Beautiful Confusion,and Fellinis masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act. Also featured is Fellinis rarely seen first film for television,Fellini: A Directors Notebook(1969). Produced by Peter Goldfarb, this imagined documentary of Fellini on Fellini is a kaleidoscope of unfinished projects, all of which provide a fascinating and candid window into the directors unique creative process.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
• Audio commentary featuring film critics Gideon Bachmann and Antonio Monda
• Fellini: A Directors Notebook,a short film by Federico Fellini
• The Last Sequence,a documentary on Fellinis lost alternate ending for8
• Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert,a documentary about Fellinis longtime composer
• Interviews with actor Sandra Milo, filmmaker Lina Wertmller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
• Rare photographs from Bachmanns collection
• Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek

  New cover by Eric Skillman