8 1/2 November 12, 2009

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announces its 2009/2010 season of film. QTP and the Museum of the Moving Image have partnered to present Moving Image Masterpieces, a series of six of the greatest films of all time at QTP’s home, a 464-seat auditorium at the former New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which also has a 99-seat performing arts space. The new series is programmed by David Schwartz, Chief Curator of the Museum of the Moving Image, who will introduce each screening: Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Rules of the Game, Toyko Story, 8 ½, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tickets are $10 per film ($8 multi-show discount).

8 ½ – Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:30pm
Directed by Federico Fellini
With Marcello Mastroianni
A carnivalesque self-portrait of a movie director, 8 1/2 moves freely between the frenzy of real life on a movie set, and the director’s dream and fantasy life. Marcello Mastroianni perfectly captures the bemused wonder of the film director, creating an indelible portrait of the artist as ringleader. A lavish fantasia rooted in personal experience, this is the fullest expression of Fellini’s desire to fuse realism and poetry. 8 1/2 has inspired numerous movies about movies including this year’s eagerly awaited new film 9.
Tickets $10