Ahmed Nabil, documentary filmmaker, Alexandria, Egypt

  • Home
  • Bio
  • Filmography
    • Growing Distance
    • Collapsing
    • Weeping
    • The Trip
    • A Bird on the Bridge
    • 17 Fouad Street
    • The City Will Pursue You
    • Hoda and Marika
  • Commissioned Films
    • Visitors of the City
    • Villa El Gazayerli
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Bio
  • Filmography
    • Growing Distance
    • Collapsing
    • Weeping
    • The Trip
    • A Bird on the Bridge
    • 17 Fouad Street
    • The City Will Pursue You
    • Hoda and Marika
  • Commissioned Films
    • Visitors of the City
    • Villa El Gazayerli
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Contact

8½

22/4/2016

22 Comments

 
Fellini's "8½" is a film that I have watched several times. It is a film that I almost got stuck into! I kept on watching and re-watching it for weeks and weeks. I quoted excerpts of its dialogue in several situations and I even translated Guido's monologue -by the end of the film- into Arabic. I have simply fallen in love with this beautiful speech of him in the car talking to himself and to Luisa. The text captivated me that I wanted to interpret it into my own mother tongue. 
For months, Sarah and all my close friends were sick of me mentioning the film and referring to its characters all the time. The film haunted me that I ripped off all the text about the making off of the film, in all the books that I could lay a hand on, that deal with Fellini and his films. I believe that it could have even turned into a disorder, but anyway, I think I'm recovering now.
Picture
Marcello Mastrioanni (as Guido Anselmi) during the monologue by the end of the film.
One of the scenes that I never forget when it comes to this film is the scene when we see Luisa for the first time. (Actually it is not the very first time we see her. We get to see her before for less than a second in one of Guido's dreams, replacing his mother for an instant). That scene in which Guido goes to collect her after she arrives in the city where he is working on his upcoming film. By the beginning of the scene we do not know why is he there. He is looking around in the crowd aimlessly before he spots a lady that attracts his attention. He seems to be impressed and he follows her with his eyes. Luisa on the other hand is looking for him and doesn't seem to know where he is going to meet her exactly in this crowded area. When she sees him she smiles. He smiles too and seems to be very happy she came over. Actually this is almost the only scene in which they get along together well, at least for a moment. Afterwards all the scenes between them are either about him sneaking behind her back to do something she wouldn't approve. Or she finding out about things he has been doing (Mother-Son relationship?) . Or scenes of him in his dreams and fantasies where she is not the main character. This is the only scene where she is a "star". The only moment where she is the queen, and no other woman beating her. For Guido at this moment Luisa is everything when it comes to "women". She is just-right composition of what he needs from the other sex. There is only one or two elements when it comes to the other female characters. But with Luisa, and specially in this scene, she has ALL the elements. He sees her from the back, dressed simply and he is impressed. Probably this is how he met her for the first time actually. As opposed to Carla or Claudia or any of the other female characters in the film, there is nothing "exaggerated" in terms of her physical "tangible" qualities. She is not the super body (that he fantasizes about tweaking to be even better) like Carla is. And she is not Claudia, the most beautiful woman on Earth (who the sounds of the world are muted when she walks/flies around). She is simply Luisa. His companion. The spirit that makes him feel at home. The shadow of the mother.
Picture
Anouk Aimee (as Luisa).
I believe that with this very scene Fellini has added to our heritage of humanity a piece of art that summarizes the relationship between husbands and wives when it comes to communities that cherish monogamy. He did that with a super simple Cinema language.
22 Comments
okx kayıt olma link
9/8/2022 12:33:50

Really informative article, I had the opportunity to learn a lot, thank you. https://www.smsbankasi.net/2022/01/okex-nedir-nasl-kayt-olunur-nasl.html

Reply
ebay yurtdışı kargo link
9/8/2022 15:03:19

Really informative article, I had the opportunity to learn a lot, thank you. https://www.smsbankasi.net/2022/08/amazon-shopify-aliexpress-walmart-ebay.html

Reply
takipçi satın al link
11/8/2022 23:26:01

Really informative article, I had the opportunity to learn a lot, thank you. https://bit.ly/instagram-takipci-satin-al-takipci

Reply
Jetbrains Intellij IDEA Ultimate 2021 Free Download link
5/9/2022 14:43:28

Really informative article, I had the opportunity to learn a lot, thank you. https://freecodezilla.net/jetbrains-intellij-idea-ultimate-2021-free-download/

Reply
mobil ödeme bozdurma link
12/9/2022 09:41:39

Really informative article, I had the opportunity to learn a lot, thank you. https://odemebozdurma.com/

Reply
site kurma link
30/9/2022 14:04:33

It's great to have this type of content. Good luck with your spirit. Thank you. https://bit.ly/site-kurma

Reply
boronova escort link
5/10/2022 03:00:48

I think this post is useful for people. It has been very useful for me. Looking forward to the next one, thank you. https://escortnova.com/escort-ilanlari/izmir-escort/boronova-escort/

Reply
beysehir escort link
5/10/2022 13:16:35

It was a post that I found very successful. Good luck to you. https://escortnova.com/escort-ilanlari/konya-escort/beysehir-escort/

Reply
guce escort link
6/10/2022 02:35:12

I follow your posts closely. I can find it thanks to your reliable share. Thank you. https://escortnova.com/escort-ilanlari/giresun-escort/guce-escort/

Reply
sivasli escort link
7/10/2022 13:41:32

I think the content is at a successful level. It adds enough information. Thank you. https://escortnova.com/escort-ilanlari/usak-escort/sivasli-escort/

Reply
korsan taksi link
10/11/2022 19:28:47

web Tıkla: https://taksikenti.com/taksi/

Reply
avrupa yakası korsan taksi link
11/11/2022 10:15:46

Adresimize Hemen Göz At: https://taksikenti.com/taksi/istanbul-avrupa-yakasi-korsan-taksi/

Reply
korsan taksi link
11/11/2022 14:52:26

Hemen Göz At: https://taksikenti.com/

Reply
mrbahis link
7/12/2022 07:39:07

Congratulations for the successful article. I can't wait for the sequel.

Reply
mrbahis link
8/12/2022 22:22:24

This is nice work. Seeing good works on good days gives one peace of mind.

Reply
tiktok takipçi satın al link
9/12/2022 13:36:15

Tiktok takipçi satın almak için tıkla: https://takipcialdim.com/tiktok-takipci-satin-al/

Reply
instagram beğeni satın al link
9/12/2022 13:42:42

İnstagram beğeni takipçi satın al: https://takipcialdim.com/instagram-begeni-satin-al/

Reply
vbet link
9/12/2022 15:45:23

Congratulations, it's a nice post. I'm always waiting for such nice posts in the future.

Reply
sportsbet link
10/12/2022 19:21:29

I follow your work closely. Congratulations for this beautiful content.

Reply
sms onay link
15/12/2022 13:10:17

Hemen Göz At: https://www.smsonay.com/

Reply
takipçi satın al link
15/12/2022 13:15:47

takipçi satın al ve sitemizi ziyaret et: https://takipcim.com.tr/

Reply
casino siteleri link
28/12/2022 02:03:25

online bahis oyna: http://haikuboy.com

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Blog

    Archives

    October 2022
    March 2022
    August 2020
    January 2019
    September 2018
    January 2018
    May 2017
    April 2017
    September 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016

    Categories

    All
    17 Fouad Street
    Alexandria
    Armenian
    Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    Cosmopolitanism
    Diary
    Documentary
    Egypt
    Fellini
    Films
    MenWomen
    Mohamad El Hadidi
    Mohamad El-Hadidi
    Podcast
    The City Will Pursue You

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.