8 1/2 4K: Criterion Collection (1963)

4K Disc:

• Audio Commentary - It combines an audio essay, read by actress Tanya Zaicon, and interviews with Fellini friend and documentarian Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda. It was recorded in New York and Berlin in 2001.

Blu-ray Disc:

• Audio Commentary - It combines an audio essay, read by actress Tanya Zaicon, and interviews with Fellini friend and documentarian Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda. It was recorded in New York and Berlin in 2001.
• Introduction - director Terry Gilliam explains what makes Fellini's 8 ½ such an important film as well as the type of impact the film had on his career. (8 min, 1080i).
• Fellini: A Director's notebook - the Italian director made this hour-long "documentary" for producer Peter Goldfrab and NBC in 1969. A meditation on his films - including those he had abandoned and those he had not yet made - it follows the path laid out by 8 ½ and leading to such later self-reflexive films as Fellini's Roma and Orchestra Rehearsal. (52 min, 1080p). Also included is a letter Fellini sent to producer Peter Goldfrab, in which he outlined his plans for Fellini: A Director's Notebook. (In text format).
• The Last Sequence - Federico Fellini originally intended for 8 ½ to end with a surreal sequence in a train car - sets were built and footage was shot, but all that remains are still photographs. From this starting point, Mario Sesti's fifty-two-minute documentary details the story of the original ending how it came to be replaced. (51 min, 1080i).
• Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert - this is the same documentary by Vassili Silovic that was included on Criterion DVD release of 8 ½ . It focuses on Maestro Rota's work and his collaborations with Fellini. In German, with optional English subtitles. (48 min, 1080i).
• Sandra Milo - the Italian actress talks about her first encounter with Fellini, the shooting of 8 ½ , etc. In Italian, with optional English subtitles. (27 min, 1080i).
• Lina Wertmuller - in this video interview, the Italian director recalls her collaboration with Fellini on 8 ½, and explains how Fellini helped her direct her first film. Mrs. Wertmuller also discusses the important role women had in Fellini's life. In Italian, with optional English subtitles. (18 min, 1080i).
• Vittorio Storaro - the famous cinematographer discusses Gianni Di Venanzo's unique use of light, his work with Fellini on 8 1/2, etc. In English. (18 min, 1080i).
• Trailer - (3 min, 1080i).
• Photographs by Gideon Bachmann -
• Stills Gallery -
• Booklet - a 30-page illustrated booklet featuring an excerpt from I, Fellini; a series of interviews with the Italian director by Charlotte Chandler; Tullio Kezich's essay "When He Became I"; Alexander Sesonske's essay "A Film with Itself As Its Subject"; and "I, Fellini (reprise)".