La Dolce Vita

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La Dolce Vita - 2 Disc Collector's Edition

" (Federico) Fellini shot the movie [La Dolce Vita] in 1959 on the Via Veneto, the Roman street of nightclubs, sidewalk cafes and the parade of the night. His hero is a gossip columnist, Marcello, who chronicles ``the sweet life'' of fading aristocrats, second-rate movie stars, aging playboys and women of commerce." (Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, and Anouk Aimee.)

"(Mastroianni) was always a passive actor, and here that quality is needed: Seeking happiness but unable to take the steps to find it, he spends his nights in endless aimless searching, trying to please everyone..."

"The movie is made with boundless energy. Fellini stood here at the dividing point between the neorealism of his earlier films (like ``La Strada'') and the carnival visuals of his extravagant later ones (`Juliet of the Spirits,' `Amarcord'). "

"I have heard theories that Federico Fellini's `La Dolce Vita' catalogs the seven deadly sins, takes place on the seven hills of Rome, and involves seven nights and seven dawns, but I have never looked into them, because that would reduce the movie to a crossword puzzle. I prefer it as an allegory, a cautionary tale of a man without a center."---------
Roger Ebert

(Adult sexual and thematic material)

DVD - 2 Disc Set

Anamorphic Widescreen
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Italian
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Commentary - Richard Schikel - Film Critic/Historian
Remembering the Sweet Life - Interviews with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg
Fellini, Roma and Cinecitta - Interview with Fellini
Fellini TV - A Collection of Never-Before-Seen Fellini Shorts
Cinecitta: The House of Fellini - Musical Montage
Stills/Photos, Biographies, Filmographies

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Federico Fellini
Black & White
174 minutes
Released: 1960
Rated: NR (Adult sexual and thematic material)

Country: Italy
Language: Italian/English
Genre: Drama

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