The Two Hundred Days of "81/2" 

A day-by-day account of the making of the film

The day by day, blow by blow account of the making of one of Fellini's greatest films, with an Afterward by Dwight Macdonald and many pictures.Cover, Macmillan, 1963 Scalera Studio Enni Fliano
Frederico Fellini 1962

End of the day planning in the Scalera Studio garden

Left to right: Deena (Boyer) Sryker, Clemente Fracassi, Federico Fellini, Gianni di Venanzo and assistants.

Ennio Fliano, writer, 1960

Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli were Fellini's screen writers up to and including "The Dolce Vita".
Marcello Mastroianni listens to Anouk Aimee as the writer ponders Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, 1962

 Author modeling coiffe

The writer as model

Helping designer Piero Gherardi perfect Anouk Aimee's coiffe for the farmhouse scene.