History Film / EightAndAHalf

%%* MrImagination: Guido.

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: Claudia in one of his daydreams. Like you needed Claudia Cardinale to be even hotter…

* EarWorm: InUniverse. Once Guido hears the famous overture to Music/GioachinoRossini's ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville'' played by the orchestra, he just can't get it out of his head.

* EarWorm: InUniverse. Once Guido hears the famous prelude to Music/GioachinoRossini's Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville played by the orchestra, he just can't get it out of his head.

* EarWorm: InUniverse. Once Guido hears the famous prelude to Music/Gioachino Rossini's Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville played by the orchestra, he just can't get it out of his head.

* ComingOfAgeStory: Guido must be… what, 40? But it still counts, since he looks back on his life and decides he has to change.

* TitleByNumber: This was indeed Fellini's eight movie in his catalogue. The half refers to a short film he made in between.

Compare/contrast with ''Film/AllThatJazz''

One of Fellini’s better known works, it’s a favorite of film directors for showing the trials and tribulations of the film directors. The movie is generally straightforward, but full of flashbacks and daydream sequences, practically without any warning (sometimes you don’t realize you’re watching a fantasy until later). The title comes from the fact that before making the film, Fellini realized that he had made six features and three shorts (each short being "half") which added up to 7 and a Half films. So obviously the next movie will be film number '''8½'''

A pseudo-autobiographical film dealing with a director, Guido, trying to make a film, but suffering from “director’s block.” To make things worse, his personal life is also going under a lot of stress: his health is not ideal, he doesn’t know where he is standing right now and he has problems with both his wife and his lover. In other words, everything is conspiring to make his film sink like the Titanic.

One of Creator/FedericoFellini’s better known works, it’s a favorite of film directors for showing the trials and tribulations of the film directors. The movie is generally straightforward, but full of flashbacks and daydream sequences, practically without any warning (sometimes you don’t realize you’re watching a fantasy until later). The title comes from the fact that before making the film, Fellini realized that he had made six features and three shorts (each short being "half") which added up to 7 and a Half films. So obviously the next movie will be film number '''8½'''

%%* AllTakeAndNoGive: Guido.

%%* CoolShades

%%* DunceCap: Young Guido.
%%* EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding

%%* ImagineSpot

%%* TitleByNumber

* TheDanza: Claudia is played by Claudia Cardinale.

%%* BetterThanItSoundsFilm

* ComingOfAgeStory: Guido must have… what, 40? But it still counts, since he looks back on his life and decides he has to change.

One of Creator/FedericoFellini’s better known works, it’s a favorite of film directors for showing the trials and tribulations of the film directors. The movie is generally straightforward, but full of flashbacks and daydream sequences, practically without any warning (sometimes you don’t realize you’re watching a fantasy until later). It’s also famous for a scene which we all would like to see realized in our lives.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Guido.

* BetterThanItSoundsFilm

* BittersweetEnding / DownerEnding
* ButtMonkey: Conocchia.

* CoolShades

* DaydreamSurprise
* DeliberatelyMonochrome

* DunceCap: Young Guido.
* EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding
* GainaxEnding

* ImagineSpot

* MrImagination: Guido.
* TheMuse: Claudia.

* NiceHat
* PrettyInMink: Carla.

* TheSmartGuy: The writer.

* TitleByNumber

One of FedericoFellini’s better known works, it’s a favorite of film directors for showing the trials and tribulations of the film directors. The movie is generally straightforward, but full of flashbacks and daydream sequences, practically without any warning (sometimes you don’t realize you’re watching a fantasy until later). It’s also famous for a scene which we all would like to see realized in our lives.

Later remade as the stage musical ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'', which itself was later adapted into a movie starring DanielDayLewis.

* BittersweetEnding/DownerEnding

* BittersweetEnding: Actually, it’s a DownerEnding, since both his movie and his marriage collapse. But the final scene of every character in the movie dancing in a row makes anyone smile.

* SoapOperaDisease: Carla periodically runs 100-plus-degree fevers with no explanation. She admits, while suffering a bout of such illness, that she and her husband have learned to live with them.

* BigBeautifulWoman: La Saraghina.

* {{Casanova}}: Guido, although in this case you could say it’s a {{deconstruction}}.

A pseudo-autobiographical film dealing with a director, Guido, trying to make a film, but suffering from “director’s block.” To make things worse, his personal life is also going under a lot of stress: his health is not ideal, he doesn’t know where he is standing right now and he has problems wit both his wife and his lover. In other words, everything is conspiring to make his film sink like the Titanic.