After eight feature films, Federico Fellini finally made 8 1/2 in 1963. This‘ fi l m - a b o u t - f i l m ’ masterpiece portrays his experiments of reflecting on his own fantasy from his youth. Nino Rota, who worked with Fellini on many of his previous films, incorporates original scores from a road troupe that proved as inspiration to Fellini, as well as other great classical pieces.