![]() ![]() As he and the other children are supposed to be falling asleep, one of them declares that the eyes in a painting on the wall can be made to move by reciting the phrase "Asa Nisi Masa, Asa Nisi Masa." īy tying together Guido's distant past with his present, the viewer is reminded that our adult motivations are never far from our childhood desires. Guido is a little boy, being pampered by the women in his life bathed in wine, then wrapped up in freshly-warmed blankets and carried off to bed. "But what does it mean?" Maurice asks, and the film immediately transitions in a flashback to Guido's childhood. Maya writes on her blackboard "ASA NISI MASA", which Guido confirms is the phrase he was thinking of. Guido asks Maurice "Can you transmit anything?", and Maurice agrees to try. When Maurice sees Guido begin to leave, he runs up to him (it turns out they’re old friends). There is a clairvoyant Maya (played by Mary Indovino) who is using her assistant Maurice (played by Ian Dallas) to move from guest to guest attempting to read their minds. In the film 8½, at about the 36 minute mark, Guido Anselmi, the fictional film director played by Marcello Mastroianni and representing Fellini's alter ego, is attending a party on the grounds of the resort where he's staying. ![]()
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