alternativecandidate:8½ (1963) “Fellini’s brilliance reaches beyond the surface to include an intr
alternativecandidate: 8½ (1963) “Fellini’s brilliance reaches beyond the surface to include an intricate structure of highly original, highly imaginative scenes whose conjunction creates an unprecedented interweaving of memories, fantasies, and dreams with the daily life of his hero and alter ego, Guido Anselmi. This, more than anything probably, made 8½ the most influential film of the 1960s, liberating filmmakers everywhere from the conventions of time, place, and mode of experience that had prevailed in cinema for decades.”Alexander Sesonske, Criterion Collection -- source link