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...impressionistic self-portrait by Federico Fellini, might be termed a stream-of-consciousness film. From beginning to end, the movie follows the mind of film director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni). It begins in one of his dreams; it ends with his ecstatic vision...
...between, "8 1/2" moves with Guido through a despair that remains unresolved until the final scene. Guido's health has collapsed--he has gone to a fashionable spa in an attempt to recover; his marriage has broken down--his wife (Anouk Aimee), aware of his infidelities with a dull, bovine mistress, is ready to ask for a separation; and his creativity is at an end--he cannot get started on the film he is directing. His friends are falling away, though a mob of admirers follows him almost everywhere, firing inane questions that melt into a babble of noise...
Many Italians drifted into politics. Since the social revolution triggered by Dictator Juan Perón (who was of Italian ancestry), Argentina's presidential palace has been home to a Lonardi, Frondizi, Guido, and now to Dr. Arturo Illia-all of them of Italian descent. Today, 1,200,000 of Argentina's 21 million people are Italian-born, and another 7,000,000 have Italian blood in their veins...
...wallets, postage stamps and petty cash are fair game, with office machines and TV sets running a bulky second. Occasionally, of course, the theft is an inside job, though most experts believe that the kleptomaniac junior exec and the light-fingered charwoman (a much-maligned breed) are the exceptions. Guido Mattei, Chicago manager of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency, says: "Sneak thieves do a thorough job of hitting downtown office buildings, and we have found that a good 40% of these prowlers are narcotics addicts. Office thievery is the source of their next...
Surprises All Around. That was stretching it some. Violence and confusion have been the country's unhappy lot ever since the military toppled Arturo Frondizi 16 months ago and installed Puppet President José Maria Guido in his place. As the once prosperous land of grain and meat fell into economic chaos (the cost of living soared 50% last year), the military promised constitutional elections and a return to democracy. But the soldiers could not agree on when to hold elections, or how much democracy to allow the 3,000,000 followers of exiled Dictator Juan...