La Dolce Vita

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Rare T This film is like a time capsule that preserves the Rome of the 1960s: its landmarks, its views, its people, their stories, their fashion, their art and music… It may seem long, but one has to get into the spirit of La Dolce Vita, and that is in reference to the title as much as it is to what it stands for. The cinematography is magnificent, and perhaps that is what preserved Federico Fellini’s masterpiece throughout all these decades. The story lacks structure, but Fellini’s touch is what assures the viewers that that is okay as long as the camera is telling a story, one for each episode. Even if hypothetically the film lacked a story, it would still be worth watching just for the cinematography and camerawork. It may not be the greatest movie of all time, but it is one of the absolute greatest especially in Italian cinema, and for that is a valuable piece of history. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review Abe A The Italian The Great Gatsby. Actually, change that: The European The Great Gatsby. They both make essentially the same point, in different ways. Fitzgerald the hedgehog; Fellini the fox. The (postwar) Roaring Twenties; The (postwar) Swinging Sixties. Fitzgerald is the poet of one big convergent idea that arrives at a single point; Fellini is the master of scenes and scenecraft (as Dostoevsky does in his novels) that oscillate around the idea and close a circle. You probably won’t see another movie like this again—I haven’t—but my most pressing impression of this is that Fellini is a genius of the cinematic image, of the cinematic scene, of the cinematic idea, of the cinematic symbol, perhaps less so (in this movie) of the rigorous organization of form, nor of the most abstract ideas. With Godard, and perhaps Resnais—Fellini is the most visual, the most ‘cinematic’ of all auteurs. The scene with the character exits near the end, with the crown of feathers, is just one of the truly great scenes that permeate this ‘string of spectacular scenes’ that is La Dolce Vita. Not the greatest, but certainly one of the very greatest, movies ever made. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/28/24 Full Review Panayiota K I loved the sequence with Anita Ekberg and i appreciate the message of this movie but it was so long. So many longueurs of scenes Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/23 Full Review Kev F A unique storytelling style that consistently delivers the same message, La Dolce Vita is still relevant for today's society. It is filled with emotions, varieties, and thoughts. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/09/23 Full Review Alexsander F Filme espetacular, como sempre diálogos sensacionais sobre à vida e críticas à burguesia da época. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review Georgan G Felt like I was in a class about cinema getting ready to watch this classic. My best guess is this is about what brings happiness. Certainly, the focus is on one man's life trying the hedonistic route, which absolutely is not the answer. Nice seeing all the women searching for the truth with or without men. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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