On assignment to chronicle the lives of the rich and famous italian aristocracy in a gossip column for a roman newspaper, marcello floats from one fabulous party to the next, meeting all varieties of beautiful, extravagant people. Marcello mastroianni stars as eccentric journalist marcello rubini. Aug 08, 2010 this feature is not available right now. I wish the subtitles would have included the english, german, and french dialogue as well as the italian, but the italian translations are very easy to read. Agel, henri, in etudes cinematographiques paris, summer 1960. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of romes rich and glamorous, the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist a sublimely cool marcello mastroianni.
Some information andor images in this header may be provided either partially or. Lane, john francis, fellini tells why, in films and filming london, june 1960. Just like the film, my copy has stood the test of time. Episodic journey of an italian journalist scouring rome in search of love. Translation for dolce vita in the free englishgerman dictionary and many other german translations. The opening scene is of a helicopter hauling a gilded plaster statue through the air across rome. A slightly underwhelming and generic opening, titoli di testa, fortunately doesnt distract from rotas remaining stylistic blend for the magnificent film. Italian for the sweet life or the good life is a 1960 comedydrama film directed and cowritten by federico fellini. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in rome. The film follows marcello rubini marcello mastroianni, a journalist writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through the sweet life of rome in a fruitless search for love and. Dream design live is the culmination of everything i love about design and is filled with practical advice and neverbeforeseen photos from over a dozen homes. Being an italian 78 year old, fellini and his movies are definitely an essential part of my movie mania. I prefer it as an allegory, a cautionary tale of a man without a center.
The worlds most talked about movie today an episodic romantic film, built up with many stories instead of one main plot, that ponders the voids and decadence of high society. Real is his father, played with heart breaking resignation by annibale ninchi or the suicide of his close friend, the intellectual played by alain cuny. It was nominated for four academy awards, and won one for best costume design. A series of stories following a week in the life of. Many years ago i tried sitting through 812, another fellini movie and. Postwar italy became a nation celebrated for its brilliant football teams, beautiful women, modernist design and groundbreaking cinema. Fellini may have set out to explore the outer delirium and inner rot among a subsection of pampered starlets, amoral gossiphounds, pretentious socialites and funereal aristocrats at the peak of italys economic miracle and burgeoning gliteratti culture, but vita is a universal fable, as universal as dantes.