Simon Pegg and his pals Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are not only fabulous and
hilarious filmmakers: they represent the ethos of the geek, and are therefore
tremendously important cultural figures. In 2004,
Frederico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½ is brilliant for many reasons I won’t pretend
to fully understand. But at the center of all its nuance is Fellini’s ego. In 8½
, Fellini