Federico Fellini has a lot to answer for the cult of the director. He successfully brought the troubled artist image from other mediums to cinema, and its debatable how productive this is in an art form that is dependent on collaboration. Guido, the fictional director in 8 1/2 is just to stylish. The bars and hotels are to beautiful. No wonder this inspired many directors. The life is great! But then this reminds me of what Jean-Pierre Jeunet asked at the Glasgow Film Festival: Do you want to be a film director or a film maker?
Effortlessly cool, still, but a little hard work to watch. The camerawork is always smooth and the lighting beautiful. No idea what its about, and I wonder how much of this is an elaborate exercise in style, as well as commentary on the debate of 'what is cinema?' A question Bernando Bertolucci said should be re-addressed when talking about The Dreamers in 2004.
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