Tag: Federico Fellini
Emma and Rayette/Marcello and Bobby: A La Dolce Vita/Five Easy Pieces Parallel
Carole Eastman’s screenwriting career might have spanned decades, but there were only so few scripts she was able to give us considering the amount of [Read More…]
Lina Wertmüller At Last Given Some Overdue Credit With Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
While an Oscar appears to become increasingly meaningless with each passing year, the sentiment behind it was not lost on veteran Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller [Read More…]
Roma: Cleaning Waters Run Deep
If there could be one word used to describe Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Roma, it would have to be water. Even more than, say, a movie [Read More…]
To Rome With Love’s Use of the Fellini Blueprint
As one of the most maligned of Woody Allen’s past ten years of back to back films (a feat he has sustained since he began [Read More…]
Fellini’s Roma Is a Film As Disjointed & Chaotic as Italy’s Capital
Like Amarcord after it, Federico Fellini’s 1972 film Roma is among his most autobiographical. Detailing, in a manner as meandering as it is captivating, the journey of [Read More…]
In The Name of All That Is Holy & Italian, Do Not Remake La Dolce Vita
Now that Anita Ekberg is dead to join Fellini in rolling over in his grave, certain parties have now seen fit to ruin another classic. [Read More…]
With the Death of Anita Ekberg Comes the Death of La Dolce Vita As We Knew It
There have been so many actresses in film history who have made a lasting impression on the silver screen with minimal screen time (see: Major [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Gods And Monsters” As a Pop Culture Doppelganger for La Dolce Vita
There is quite possibly no better movie to encapsulate the loss of innocence than La Dolce Vita. As one of Federico Fellini’s most seminal works, [Read More…]
Marcello’s Speech on Domestic Relationships in La Dolce Vita Remains More Resonant Today Than Ever
Numerous scenes in La Dolce Vita stand out for their intensity–from Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) traipsing around in a silent Trevi Fountain at dawn to Marcello [Read More…]
Take A Dip: Films With Iconic Beach Scenes
What is it about the beach that’s so cathartic? The water? The endless grains of sand? Or the easy potential for drowning? Whatever it is, [Read More…]
