Asa Nisi Masa

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"Asa Nisi Masa" is a well-known nonsense phrase used during a key scene in Federico Fellini's 1963 film 8½.

It is generally thought that Fellini used an Italian children’s game, similar to Pig Latin, to create it the phrase. In the game the syllables "si" and "sa" are added to existing words to obscure them, which Fellini does with the word "anima": A-sa + Ni-si + Ma-sa.

The word "anima" has dual significance in this context; not only is it the Italian word for "soul" but it is also a key concept in the work of the Swiss psychotherapist Carl Jung (of whom Fellini was fond), where "anima" is the term for the female aspect of the personality in men, a common Fellini theme.

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released February 2, 2022
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