La Dolce Vita (Criterion Collection)

Cineriz (1960)

Comedy | Drama

Italy | Italian | Black & White | 02:54

#2380

8.0

79,320

The Criterion Collection

NR (Not Rated)

715515128919

| 1 disc

Region 1 | Region A

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Cast View all

	Marcello Mastroianni	Marcello Rubini
	Anita Ekberg	Sylvia
	Anouk Aimée	Maddalena
	Yvonne Furneaux	Emma
	Magali Noël	Fanny
	Alain Cuny	Steiner
	Annibale Ninchi	Il padre di Marcello
	Walter Santesso	Paparazzo
	Valeria Ciangottini	Paola
	Riccardo Garrone	Riccardo
	Ida Galli	Debuttante dell'anno
	Audrey McDonald	Jane
	Polidor	Pagliaccio
	Alain Dijon	Frankie Stout
	Mino Doro	Amante di Nadia
	Giulio Girola	Commissario di polizia
	Laura Betti	Laura
	Nico	Nico
	Domino
	Carlo Musto	Travestito
	Enzo Cerusico	Fotografo
	Giulio Paradisi	Fotografo
	Enzo Doria	Fotografo
	Enrico Glori	Ammiratore di Nadia
	Adriana Moneta	Ninni

Crew View all

Director	Federico Fellini
Writer	Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer	Giuseppe Amato, Franco Magli, Angelo Rizzoli
Musician	Nino Rota
Photography	Otello Martelli

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Added Date	Feb 19, 2021 23:40:00
Modified Date	Jun 12, 2022 00:35:11

Edition details

Screen Ratios	Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks	SUB [English]
Subtitles	English
Distributor	Criterion Collection
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Oct 21, 2014

Notes

Bought with Beth at B&N for my birthday, 2021.

The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time, La dolce vita rocketed Federico Fellini to international mainstream success-ironically, by offering a damning critique of the culture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome’s rich and glamorous, the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist (a sublimely cool Marcello Mastroianni) during a hectic week spent on the peripheries of the spotlight. This mordant picture was an incisive commentary on the deepening decadence of contemporary Europe, and it provided a prescient glimpse of just how gossip- and fame-obsessed our society would become.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, an assistant director on the film
New interview with scholar David Forgacs about the period in Italian history when the film was made
New interview with Italian journalist Antonello Sarno
Interview with director Federico Fellini from 1965
Audio interview with actor Marcello Mastroianni from the early 1960s
Felliniana, a presentation of La dolce vita ephemera from the collection of Don Young
New visual essay by filmmaker : : kogonada
PLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins
Cover by Eric Skillman

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