8½ (Italy, 1963)

Originally titled "La Bella Confuzione", this movie tells the story of a harried movie director that dwells into his memories and daydreams. There are scenes where he goes back and remembers his childhood, his family and friends. Claimed to be a cinematic achievement and one of the best movies ever made by Federico Fellini, this black and white story has a special charm to it. Unfortunately, I personally found it quite boring. I do not like the style of filmmaking: long shots with a lot of camera movements and characters coming in and out of the scenes; the characters talk at the same time and sometimes shout at each other (typical Italian!); they talk about everything and nothing, with some poetic sentences now and then; there is also an annoying background music like the ones in the department stores or elevators throughout the whole movie. For those of you passionate of Italian style of filmmaking, go ahead, but for the rest of us, better think twice.