See full summary » Director: Federico Fellini Stars: Ennio Antonelli, Caterina Boratto, Marina. Spirits of the Dead (1968) R 121 min Drama, Horror, Mystery. And comparing this movie to Fellini isn’t even necessary: “Nine” is rickety enough to collapse all on its own. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie. The presence of six Oscar winners (Judi Dench is in there too) isn’t enough to carry the day. Unfortunately, Daniel Day-Lewis, who can be electrifying when the role fits his chameleon-like approach, makes Guido seem more vacant than blocked.Ī comparison between Day-Lewis and Marcello Mastroianni as the same character in “8½” gives a handy difference between an actor and a movie star: Day-Lewis’s incredible technique can’t fill in the personality of this passive character, while Mastroianni simply breathed it, flawlessly. Almost every woman in the movie is dressed, at some point, like a stripper doing a pole dance.įor a while it’s kind of interesting to watch how Marshall and his lead actor are going to approach the material. The re-creation of the 1962 milieu is sometimes pleasing (Guido’s car is nice, anyway), but much of the movie - especially the stuff representing his imagination - looks weirdly trashy.
