Ian Thomson

The dreamer

As 8 1/2 returns to our screens, Ian Thomson explores how a period of creative limbo spawned one of the greatest, dreamiest films ever made

Italy’s highest-paid heart-throb, Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a film director in ‘creative limbo’ . Getty Images | Shutterstock | iStock | Alamy 
issue 11 April 2015
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