8½

Federico Fellini's 1963 film follows a director who cannot put his new film together. Everyone is waiting for an answer from him. The narrative is broken by memories and daydreams. The film takes the block itself as its subject; it does not separate the real from the imagined and brings the making of the film inside it. Marcello Mastroianni leads. It won Academy Awards for foreign language film and costume. It was shot in black and white. Who it's for: those who like classic European cinema and formally driven films. Who it's not for: viewers expecting a straight narrative; the film deliberately disperses it.