La Dolce Vita (1960) (aka The Sweet Life)
Federico Fellini
Italian
“You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home”
Whenever there is a discussion on Fellini’s ultimate masterpiece, the inevitable finalists are 8½ (1963) and La Dolce Vita (1960). Critics are thoroughly polarized on the former with Joseph Bennett (Kenyon Review) even calling it “The worst film made by a major Italian film director”! As for La Dolce Vita… Read More
September 14, 2008 at 3:42 pm
copy this film makers, copy this… would be fun to see how it’s done!
Ha!
September 14, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Haha… One impossible job you’ve given them.
September 21, 2009 at 8:06 am
[…] where the reporters ask him inane questions, much reminiscent of the irritating paparazzi of La Dolce Vita (1960). Early in the film when Fellini is scouting for locations during the night, we cut to a […]