8½ - The First Three Minutes

The first three minutes of Federico Fellini's marvelous 8½.
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD: www.criterion.c...

[@poetcomic1]

The single image of his leg with the rope being tugged and then the fall.... never for all the CGI and surrealist effects in countless films.... NEVER has the actual sensation of a nightmare been more exquisitely captured.

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

Why not the first 8½ minutes?

[@ydemoc3678]

haha true

[@salvadorramirez4114]

Yup he's a dad 👨 lol

[@NavinBetamax]

Then, it would have to be the whole Movie !!! Lol !

[@DidBer]

Or the last...

[@mineralt]

Exactly

[@robertoruggio6438]

The best representation of the artist’s block ever given.

[@Anton-vy5xq]

Adaptation>

[@imfa-cinema257]

Synecdoche

[@LucBoeren]

,

[@garrison6863]

That opening is so beautifully symbolic. A film director who has creative block and is suffocating in his car. He then escapes into the air and is pulled own to life by his assistants.

[@stevecox7075]

garrison 68 : Thanks, professor.

[@kzinful]

@@stevecox7075 + Now, now, be nice here's your warm milk...goodnight

[@ryanmudd3840]

Lieterally abiut someone dying of boredom

[@dehydratedculture9126]

I don’t get it tho

[@kevinlane1219]

garrison 68 Thank you for explaining what was going on.

[@visitur4914]

Around 2008 there was a theater in Taichung, Taiwan called 8 1/2. It was, I think, an old hotel that a guy bought and turned into his home for his wife and, I think, two kids. Upstairs there was a small room with thousands of DVD's. You'd go in there if you hadn't come to see something specific. If you knew what you wanted, you just told the owner straight off. He had the long bangs of an artist and was very affable. He gave the impression of someone who loved movies so much that everything his life had bent itself to his passion. He offered you your choice of a complimentary coffee, tea, soda, beer, or mixed drink. Then he led you down into a tiny, dingy, moldy basement that had maybe 20 chairs and a screen about 1/4 the size of a standard screen but took up the entire wall. Essentially, every showing was private. I went there twice, once with a friend, and once with a date. Even though the theater room was grimy, it made me happy that such a beautiful place existed in the 21st century. I wonder if it's still there. Doesn't seem likely, I'm sorry to say.

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

wow

[@jackdonohue7893]

That sounds awesome! Almost like something out of a David Lynch movie too for some reason.

[@dannydontgoin237]

Maybe the best movie about movies ever made. Fellini packs more amazing imagery in the first three minutes than most filmmakers manage in entire movies, and still the remaining two plus hours don't disappoint.

[@benson7498]

Best movie.

[@THEDOTTORFAUSTO]

It's called Art, when you need to express something, all the rest is money and marketing

[@KeelyBurnMusic]

In my opinion... this opening scene is the best part of the whole movie. Not to say I disliked the movie, but this scene makes such an impression. At first, I thought something was wrong with the sound... no music, no sound effects at all for the first minute. And all those frozen faces staring at this man trapped in his car, panicking... It's not very long but it's such a tense scene. Like a nightmare caught on film.

[@NoirFan84]

KBMusic Definitely the best part of the film. I'm not really a Fellini fan & I wasn't greatly in awe of 8+1/2 but I liked this opening.

[@christiancristof491]

Carl Rees Not a Fellini fan? Uh. Can't say i ever heard that one.

[@Chrisnxtdoor]

Christian Cristof I’m not either man sorry

[@randywhite3947]

Carl Rees wait what why? Go watch la strada and La dolce vita and you’ll be a Fellini fan

[@randywhite3947]

Chrisnxtdoor why he’s great watch La dolce vita and La Strada and you’ll be a fan of his in no time

[@Meesterlijker]

I watched this film last night, and I'm at a loss for words. This film is incredible. Captivating from start to finish. Ground-breaking, unique, unparalleled. Bravo, Federico Fellini!

[@GjaP_242]

By Alexander Sesonske - JAN 12, 2010 8½: A Film with Itself as Its Subject 8½: a bizarre and puzzling title, but one precisely appropriate for this film, which announces in its first frame that modernism has reached the cinema. 2:13 By 1963, Federico Fellini had made, by his count, seven and a half films. Hence 8 ½ is like an opus number: this is film number eight and a half in the Fellini catalog. Source: Criterion

[@GjaP_242]

2:53!

[@ursaminorjim]

I don't think I've ever watched this without holding my breath. It is, literally, breathtaking.

[@macaroon147]

🤦‍♂️

[@howardjones7370]

ursaminorjim : You should learn to breathe through your arse then, instead of talking through it

[@ursaminorjim]

@@howardjones7370 Uhh...okay. Not sure what I said to inspire that reaction.

[@au1317]

@@ursaminorjim You can study it as art like you've studied the film. Maybe you're just not artistic enough to understand the message

[@ursaminorjim]

@@au1317 Huh?

[@rickhummel7641]

After WW II, filmmaking resources were scarce and Italian neorealist filmmakers began shooting without sound and dubbed it in during post-production. By the time Fellini shot 8 1/2, neither technology nor production costs prevented him from recording synchronized sound--it just wasn't the way he and Italian filmmakers were making film at the time. It was definitely a choice he made.

[@starwarsroo2448]

I didn't realise that. I'm a big fan of Leone and just thought it was a resource thing

[@johnsaetre7071]

It is really a bit funny, as I always can spot an italian film, within seconds just by the bad syncing of lips and sound. It is still is a mystery why they do this.

[@ThisisBrownfield]

It was not only Fellini it was the entire italian cinema until very late, so not sure it was a choice

[@mmmmmmm3246]

When I made my film I dubbed everything in post Fellini style. The whole film was kind of a little nod to Italian neo-realism but I sincerely preferred slightly imperfect audio-to-video sync but with good quality sounds over amateur audio quality with on-set audio. Especially on a budget.

[@rickilynnwolfe8357]

Thanks Rick makes sense 👍

[@mohanchandramallampati6813]

No doubt fellini and ingmar bergman are magicians

[@robschneider8310]

May I add Lynch to your repertoire

[@manofmywords240]

Mulholland Dr. Enough said.. a Masterpiece! (this is coming from a Fellini and Bergman fan)

[@cortadew]

degree7 you're exaggerating.

[@robschneider8310]

Mulholland Drive Lost Highway Twin Peaks Eraserhead Blue velvet Wild at Heart All terrific genius films !

[@kmanet4118]

P. Kubala and the gods: Tarkovsky, Tarr, Bresson and Mizoguchi. Also Teshigahara, Antonioni, Fassbinder, Malick, etc. Lynch doesn't come close to any of them.

[@spb7883]

I’ve seen this and other Fellini masterworks numerous times over the past quarter century. I think this is the first time that I realized that in the opening of 8 1/2, Marcello flies though the sky and in the feature film immediately preceding it (“La Dolce Vita”), a statue of Christ flies through the sky on a helicopter. That continuity hadn’t occurred to me.

[@unsinnkim3690]

no wonder David Lynch loves it!

[@David-mg1yj]

And Woody Allen.

[@jamesx9881]

It's a shame Lynch didn't direct Return of the Jedi, that would have been very weird!

[@rubbersoul420]

@@jamesx9881 But we've seen the results when David doesn't have 100% control of his ideas.

[@unknowndes1re]

David Larney 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@puj71]

@Guilherme A. Benny Harvey. RIP. Miss you, big man. Gone but not forgotten.

[@andypaterson1639]

If only films were still made like this.

[@aestheticaltwat]

This surely inspired the opening for Falling Down.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Totally in the opening.

[@aestheticaltwat]

AgentQQ8, I mean, that’s opinion not fact.

[@aestheticaltwat]

Untrepid One, you have to take into account the way it was directed too. Not just the setting.

[@grusamtwosam2798]

Beautiful thought..... Think about it ..

[@christianyork5012]

Yes! Exactly what I thought

[@SaintMartins]

Film Fact: This scene was the inspiration for REM's music video for "everybody hurts"

[@waiwai6247]

Thanks for sharing. The MV is so touching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6OymoqVrb5gocU

[@dannydorko7075]

That's exactly what I thought of when I first saw the beginning of this movie!

[@MrFornace]

pazzesco! quando si dice la magia del cinema, mi viene in mente solo Fellini! ...che fenomeno!

[@alcapone531]

If in the future, some kind of new tech can download a nightmare from the memory of a person's mind, this video serves as a demo of what it would be like.

[@divein5832]

Its sad that with all the Technology and Techniques ,Ideas n Philosophy ,the new generation of Directors who studied at universities how to make movies ,cant come up with a jaw dropping short movie like these 3 minutes.

[@NemorisInferioris]

1:26 The squeaking sound was sampled in the first track "Thaeter" on Marilyn Manson's album "The Golden Age Of Grotesque".

[@manofmywords240]

who cares

[@NemorisInferioris]

+The Rain Man I do. Obviously you dont.

[@mikeraymondsoldbandstuff1148]

that's awesome!

[@drug_addict]

Nemoris Inferioris Thank you for pointing it out!

[@forestsoceansmusic]

Fellini was a genius.

[@GjaP_242]

Director Federico Fellini has long been one of Italy’s most important gifts to the world of cinema. A daring and proficient filmmaker, Fellini had a career that featured various stages of evolution. Most notably was his turn from popular Italian neorealism to an almost surreal fantasy mode of cinematic storytelling. [Keith and the Movies]

[@GjaP_242]

By 1963, Federico Fellini had made, by his count, seven and a half films. 1:20

[@GjaP_242]

“8 1/2” is a semi-autobiographical film that gets its name from the eight and a half feature films and shorts Fellini had made up to that point. For the first time in his life Fellini was experiencing a creative stall. His struggles with director’s block inspired him to start over and make a film about a prominent Italian director laboring through the same creative pains. Trusted actor and friend Marcello Mastroianni would play the lead role of Guido Anselmi who is an undeniable reflection of Fellini with a few added dramatic twists. [Keith and the Movies]

[@GjaP_242]

“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.” 2:13 Federico Fellini

[@GjaP_242]

Guido is surrounded by chaos.

[@FromThe36thChamber]

That imagery at 1:17 is haunting…. All the arms sticking out of the bus but no faces

[@DanielThePoet22]

Guido is the best role -model that represents every director’s gestures. I love Fellini because of this film.

[@MulletTV]

Felini never had crystal sync cameras. So no audio.

[@Sam-qc6sz]

What's crystal sync?

[@redrumthebum]

That's why the audio is dubbed.

[@foljs5858]

@@Sam-qc6sz An old analog method to sync camera film and audio

[@MrSebboxxx]

nobody helps him ... the scene is still a strong symbol for society even today ...

[@thothheartmaat2833]

My car broke down one day and I realized how alone we are surrounded by millions of people. The insurance company wouldn't respond for my roadside assistance plan and enterprise failed to pick me up twice.

[@duh5878]

@@tollboothsatmidnight2766 😂😂

[@franciscovarela7127]

No one can save him.

[@mrkowalski3479]

The traffic is the life that stops with his flow, the people is the judgement that the artist feel and he makes him panic

[@lostinthefuture9300]

How could they help? You seen how much trouble he had.theyre forced to watch

[@thomasjamison2050]

I have said for years that this was one of my favorite movies, yet I have not seen it in decades. I must certainly watch it again, for it is still one of my favorites. Yes, the first three minutes are a grabber, but there are many wonderful things in the rest of the movie.

[@hyperophone]

Yeah, I know the feeling..

[@thetetrisgodx]

Arguably one of the best openings to a movie.

[@sudhirpv]

Perhaps the best depiction of mid-life crisis on celluloid - the feeling that your life and career are stuck, that suffocating feeling and the fact that only you can extricate you from this situation - everyone is just a bystander.

[@davidl6332]

Es increíble que la calidad de imagen del cine de antes era mejor que ahora... y los conceptos surrealistas mucho más profundos...

[@bowlerconspiracy3994]

parallel between this and how he's treated by everyone involved in the production of the film. it all rests on him. no outside assistance when it comes to the creation, but the moment he tries to back out, he's roped right back in by the same people. no escape.

[@sanchoquixote5518]

For some reason, Fellini's aesthetic sense always makes me think of another Italian grandmaster- Caravaggio. I suppose the short way of putting it might be: stark magical realism. Please don't be offended if that conflicts with your favorite theories, film and art buffs.

[@Fede842]

Maybe Fellini are too astract. btw nice comment

[@bengszy8124]

I'd say Fellini is more similar to Vittore Carpaccio.

[@talcdebebe7553]

It remembers me the end of my childhood's dreams. I was always falling down in a canyon and then woke up.

[@mirandac8712]

OMG absolutely and Scorsese agrees

[@37view37]

Wow. Never seen the film but MUST now. Really perceptive Caravaggio comparison. As soon as I read your post I made the mental link to the raised arm in the last shot to The Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio. Having found that painting again the likeness is almost exact!

[@RandomDudeOne]

2:08 Always gives me the chills.

[@nattanoldcreate3339]

Always give me the chills

[@eduardotinajero2901]

some of the best 3 minutes of cinema I've ever seen.

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

A brilliant three minutes & terrific film. Fantastic film!

[@hwl308]

1:15 oh my god...

[@abesapien9930]

This was incredible. I watched my first Criterion movies back in late highschool (2000-2002), and 8 1/2 was one of my favorites. I was just getting into foreign films, and this blew me away. I will especially never forget the scene with the large dancing prostitute that lives by the sea. This film is unforgettable, and please post more!

[@1chienandalou]

I too had high school intro to these films and can relate and yes Saraghina amazing scene. The Nino rota score and the actress makes it unforgettable.

[@albertoemilio2981]

I think this intro sorta serves as the thesis of the film, his descent into madness while other simply watch or try to keep him grounded. I'm still trying to understand how the falling sequence was shot

[@innomind]

You could clearly see that they used a dummy for the falling sequence.

[@wovfm]

A stunning opening scene of a superb film. When you talk 20th century GOAT, two films come to mind, Citizen Kane and this one.

[@marknewbold2583]

Jeanne Dielman is the greatest

[@wovfm]

She's a static camera bore in a state of insipid ennui and self pity. Try some Lila Cavani, Lena Wertmuller even the pornographic lunacy of Doris Wishman shows more than her cinema of the banal.

[@jacksrandomadventures2769]

0:48 texting

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

LOL. I thought the same thing Jack.

[@11bfollowme19]

Thought the same exact thing lol

[@massimobernardo-]

using the iPhone 8½ prototype of the 63

[@randywhite3947]

@@massimobernardo- I would buy that

[@paololucca1495]

I would say scrolling

[@fioresco3207]

One of the best 5 movies in the history

[@randywhite3947]

What are the other 4?

[@anonymous4k4k]

I put this movie on baked and safe to say I did not expect how trippy these first 3 minutes are , reminded me of twin peaks or something

[@otporseljacinama]

REM - Everybody hurts. Why am I reminded of that?

[@tylerkeller8869]

Yeah... We know dude

[@williamneal9076]

Love the Fly.

[@carl_anderson9315]

Aca Dramoser And also the scene from Falling Down.

[@user-jz4oz3bx3n]

such a beautiful opening 🙌

[@gabrielesegapeli4053]

Grazie Fellini. Thanks Fellini.

[@tombradford7035]

Wow - this is like dream imagery on celluloid.

[@joaopedrobatistaborgesagui2186]

911 - Lady Gaga (2020)

[@vijaysura2874]

Masterful with imagery.

[@sanchoquixote5518]

As usual, great art lets us write in part of the narrative for ourselves. To me, this is about mental illness. To someone else, it would be the angst of an aging man losing his cherished self-image. Or it could also be a metaphor for fame or notoriety. All those people staring at you....staring in fascination... but not one of them sees the trapped man as a human being like them. Trapped in car/coffin and flying in the clouds, held to earth by a thin tether. I wonder what a Kardashian would think of this... no actually, I don't wonder- I just wanted an anticlimax. It's fun to see that no one who would thumb this down has come here as of 43,036 views. 267-0 is something I don't often see.

[@Whoa802]

To say that art is something you can just impose whatever meaning you want onto it just sounds intellectually lazy. There SHOULD be a right and wrong way to view a piece of art because otherwise, it just sounds like there was no artistic meaning to it in the first place as intended by the author and every interpretation comes off meaningless that way.

[@ChristianB258]

I respectfully disagree. You could view it the other way around and consider the ambiguity in the imagery and the themes as a testament to the author's talent for raising questions and making his audience think about what they have just seen. Sure, this leads to interpretations deviating more or less from the author's original intent but what if that intent was precisely to put the public into a dream-like state of wonder and confusion? To offer them a glance of what is going on in his mind?

[@Anonymous-xm8ir]

Real art is never singular, that’s what makes it true, honest, and great. It should have the ability to capture, and personify, all our dreams and nightmares, as if it was speaking directly to “your” soul now and forever, from the beginning until the end. Everyone has a story to tell and real art allows that story to be acknowledged

[@RaytheonNublinski]

Breakfast is Ruined! Your viewing of the art and takeaway impregnates the art with meaning. OP made an art baby. Congrats! 🍾 🎉

[@jhordyjimenez6283]

@@Anonymous-xm8ir wrobg it has a meaning and purpose

[@dynjarren7523]

Fellini was a Genius Filmmaker! This is considered one of his best but I prefer La Dolce Vita and Satyricon! La Dolce Vita is about the Decadent lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in Rome at the time and Satyricon is like a Waking dream or Nightmare from Ancient Rome! And about the Pagan lifestyles of PreChristian Rome! A Stunning achievement! The images are amazing and how he made one scene and then the camera goes to another scene is unbelievable how he captured this in one flowing shot so many strange scenes and yet you can’t help following the two buddies in the film and the crazy journey they go through in decadent Ancient Rome! I was amazed by what Fellini was showing! It was like living Theatre! Unreal! A Glimpse into Rome’s past. All those lives lived out before Christ in Pagan times. I just kept saying to myself this is Human Nature on display for everyone to see both good and bad. And La Dolce Vita (the Sweet Life) is like going to an Italian Party all night in Rome and all the Rituals and traditions in Italy at the time. In this film, you follow the brilliant Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni! He is the leading man and his internal dialogue carries the entire film. At the end you are exhausted and feel like you’ve gone to a Roman party and stayed out all night. Wild nightlife they used to have or maybe still do! Both are intimate and brilliant films that draw you into their world captured forever. Fellini is gone now sadly but his film legacy is forever. I would just like to talk to him for a couple of hours and ask questions about these two films. Stunning Cinematic Achievements! These two films really show you that Cinema is a completely different art form from Paintings or music. It’s a lot like music in that it flows but it’s like Visual Poetry in Motion. Amazing!

[@vstk2]

Though it's not too late, I feel I've missed out by not yet watching this film. Just these 3 minutes alone really grabbed me, stirred my imagination as to what exactly was going on. It felt so sinister and yet symbolic. I'm now sold that I must watch this.

[@randywhite3947]

Did you like it?

[@bigdummy9844]

Almost a spitting image of the opening scene of Falling Down

[@mikesuniverse1789]

now I have to watch the whole thing

[@rickilynnwolfe8357]

I love old black and white movies I watch them everyday but I'am a bigger motor head and absolutely loved the beginning of the film DID YOU SEE ALL THEM SWEET BEAUTIFUL CARS ! Was my favorite part of the movie haha way kool thanks for sharing I will definately watch the rest of them Italian films are very kool👍

[@alomaalber6514]

the BEST film ABOUT film!

[@thejesuschrist]

One of my favorite films of all time!

[@francoannan]

Aha! The opening sequence from Falling Down with Michael Douglas!

[@angelcastaneda529]

On January 20th, 1920, one of the greatest filmmakers was born in Italy. With legendary films such as La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, and so much more. There is only that one film that I think every aspiring filmmaker should watch is his 1963 masterpiece, 8 1/2 (1963). Who is this filmmaker? His name was Federico Fellini, who is 100 years old.

[@williamneal9076]

City Of Women is one of his and one of my favourites.

[@whitesabbath6581]

R.I.P. Federico Fellini (1920-1993)

[@scottpatonlevin2686]

Not to sound like a pretentious fool, but this is kinda what being an artist is like: suffocating for the amusement of others.

[@alandouglas2789]

Scott Paton Levin you do sound like a pretentious fool

[@carrotcake6572]

Alan Douglas you should read some of these other comments

[@brandonkeisler86]

Scott Paton Levin there's nothing wrong with being pretentious. It's the fool bit that I'd worry about.

[@alandouglas2789]

Carrot Cake “tortured” artists, only work for artists

[@convolution223]

I like the way his hand guides the camera when he picks up the rag and wipes the window for the camera to see through it. Is the anxiety from realizing he is being seen himself when he looks through to see other people? I think so.

[@brunoeumememoroni]

The whole movie is filled with this kind of amazing cinematography, where actors and camera are in perfect sync

[@stevecox7075]

Astonishing genius.

[@jackryan9183]

The opening moments of "Falling Down" are very similar.

[@jackryan9183]

***** No sh*&*&t Sherlock. What's your point?

[@filmsagainstempires1388]

jack ryan Whoa Jack take it easy, the guy just misunderstood and thought you might have been accusing Fellini of unoriginality.

[@___xyz___]

Me: "... and it was all a dream." Teacher: "And this essay will not receive passing marks."

[@Massane268]

Le surrealisme est l'extraordinaire puissance du rêve !

[@LeMangeurDePatates]

The best 3 minutes

[@DesiranKehendak]

Everybody Hurts by REM, whoever made the music video probably have seen this scene

[@giuseppetomacelli7718]

Una delle scene più iconiche del cinema italiano.

[@gagaalejandro1988]

GAGA teach me a lot about art ❤

[@stvp68]

I still wonder how they got that pov shot of him so far up in the air. Helicopter?

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

Either that or hot air ballon

[@joeyoung1498]

Beautiful!

[@klfrantzen8745]

I count two minutes and fifty nine seconds. Care to explain yourself?

[@drumraine6910]

Fifty nine and a half?

[@enriquegonzales6051]

You Don't Explain Art You Dumb!!!!

[@Tomhardy8969]

Because it Is..

[@smaller_cathedrals]

@stephen noonan Well, something tells me that this particular Gonzales is of a very slow kind.

[@smaller_cathedrals]

@@enriquegonzales6051 With that grasp of humor that you got, I really have to wonder how you would even be able to know art if it hit you in the face.

[@mlbreel]

So wonderful

[@andrecosta8679]

The best movie scene of all time

[@lorenaribeiro5276]

Engraçado como ficava tímida ao cantar pra ele, mas cantava sem parar sozinha, hj canto pra quem quiser e quando quero e assim, voando, tenho cantado cada vez mais. Antes, a Vida era tão. ... Isso.

[@Marcello0821]

Cinema at its Finest

[@carnivalwrestler]

LOL, reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad was driving us through the Lincoln Tunnel on a really hot day and I passed out due to the exhaust fumes and heat. Yeah, I know how that guy felt.

[@jc6594]

Today Commemorates Federico Fellini's 100th Birthday

[@drumraine6910]

Anticipating REM and inventing bungee jumping - not a bad start.

[@ThatGuySarabia]

This opening scene later inspired another movie Falling Down

[@edwardlouisbernays2469]

Don't forget Farting Fellini Flying

[@RentonNotner96]

De los mejores inicios de películas que se haya echo, lo podría comparar con el inició de Fausto o la divina comedia en cuanto a nivel artístico.

[@alnasraltair8948]

I am surprised that I have seen this film about 5 times but this is the first time I can see

[@stevensonDonnie]

Whoa!

[@ST-xg3gy]

"Everybody Hurts"- REM

[@KumaBean]

The algorithm has lost it's damn mind 😂

[@karenramnath9993]

KumaBean That’s ok, I don’t mind 😂

[@KumaBean]

gjp That's some trippy shizzle, lol

[@randywhite3947]

No it’s introduced you to great stuff

[@KumaBean]

Randy White Can't argue with that my man 🙂 👍

[@belenheredia2024]

Ikr but I'm glad too haha

[@TalkShow2x2]

Incredible!

[@fthat8780]

Master at work.

[@jaydensmith443]

If this was the whole movie I would still equally enjoy it

[@095mm]

Incredible.

[@DrVonNostrand]

Could a film like this be made today?

[@randywhite3947]

Yes but only in the indie scene

[@cristiansoutside]

I NEED MORE

[@Dailyartpallette]

Master piece

[@andymassingham]

Perfect. Like the opening of Wild Strawberries.

[@_D1O_]

2:46 and there it is! My screensaver

[@TheListenerCanon]

My theory on what the movie is about. Keep in mind, it could contain spoilers so don't press view the reply button if you haven't seen it. Keep in mind it's nothing more than a theory and if you disagree that's fine, but this is why I love this film. Anyway, press view reply if you've seen it.

[@TheListenerCanon]

I believe this movie is about the director (Guido) who died in some sort of car crash or something car related which is why the whole world stop except for Guido. A force is taken him to some sort of afterlife. Then if that doesn't make it clear, the next shot shows Guido as some sort of kite and falls down. It looks like water but it could be a portal to an afterlife. Later on, we see as if Guido is fine, but perhaps he doesn't know. I like to think God or the Devil or something like that is giving him a chance to create a film that Guido never made. This is perhaps why we see these wacky situations such as parades and shit like that. I also like to think that the people that Guido knew or knew him are just demons or angels in form. Again, I know it could be a stretch but based on that opening scene that's what I feel. It's worthing that this is one of David Lynch's favorite films and he often references. Given his style of filmmaking where it's all fantasy or things that doesn't make sense, I won't be surprised if Lynch felt that way too.

[@marknewbold2583]

@@TheListenerCanon no

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Masterpiece.

[@Chamindo7]

?

[@matthewcarey3148]

I love cinema. I lived in Rome for a year and I am a spiritual Italian. Why don’t I like Fellini films??

[@Faceless_time_traveler]

I just realized from the comments that this is about an author/director's inspiration block . Gotta say , it's accurate .

[@SanaBaig98]

this is one of my most favorite scenes of a movie

[@lilkikwestside_12]

This is cinema