8? (1963)

Guido: What is this flash of joy that's giving me new life? Please forgive me sweet creatures; I didn't realize, I didn't know. How right it is to accept you, to love, you... and how simple! Luisa, I feel I've been set free. Everything looks good to me, it has a sense, it's true. How I wish I could explain, but I can't... everything's going back to what it was. Everything's confused again, but that confusion is me; how I am, not how I'd like to be. And I'm not afraid to tell the truth now, what I don't know, what I'm seeking. Only like that do I feel alive and I can look into your loyal eyes without shame. Life is a party, let's live it together. I can't say anything else, to you or others. Take me as I am, if you can... it's the only way we can try to find each other.

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Guido: All the confusion of my life... has been a reflection of myself! Myself as I am, not as I'd like to be.

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Guido: Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.

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Italian censorship visa # 39461 delivered on 6-2-1963.
At one point, Federico Fellini wanted to cast Laurence Olivier in the lead role.
The film's working title was "La Bella Confusione", i.e. "The Beautiful Confusion".
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