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8½FILM LOCATION / Lido di Ostia

Via dell’Idroscalo

The skeletal launch tower for Guido’s abandoned science-fiction film was built on Via dell’Idroscalo at Lido di Ostia. It is the film’s clearest monument to ambition without conviction.

Present-day Idroscalo district at Lido di Ostia
The Idroscalo district at Ostia. Guido’s immense spaceship launch set was built along Via dell’Idroscalo; this contemporary photograph is location context, not the vanished set.
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Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

How it fits the journey

The skeletal launch tower for Guido’s abandoned science-fiction film was built on Via dell’Idroscalo at Lido di Ostia. It is the film’s clearest monument to ambition without conviction.

Source: italyformovies.com
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Via dell’Idroscalo, 00121 Roma RM

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