Intervista federico fellini 1987 the ways of love the stranger 1950. This movie is great in all aspects and it shows why fellini is one of the best director ever. I love all of fellini s movies and found that they just dont age. The sweet life was the first of many collaborations with marcello mastroianni, an actor who came to represent fellinis alter ego. Marcello mastroianni became a superstar as the sensitive tabloid reporter juggling the affections of several women, while making the rounds of the spiritdestroying nightlife of the via veneto. 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. A former, serious writerturnedsleazy journalist follows the local buzz of. The most striking instance occurs when marcello is to cover an event that could only be described as a media circus, where a brother and sister were said to have witnessed a visitation from the virgin mary. She remains in that precise place within man where darkness begins. In federico fellini s lauded italian film, restless reporter marcello rubini marcello mastroianni drifts through life in rome.
In federico fellinis lauded italian film, restless reporter marcello rubini marcello mastroianni drifts through life in rome. When gelsomina giulietta masina, a naive young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman zampano anthony quinn to be his wife and partner, she loyally. I really appreciate this movie as art and as a vision of life. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 8. Fsharetv provides a feature to display and translate words in the subtitle you can activate this. A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. Federico fellini, knight grand cross january 20, 1920 october 31, 1993, was an italian film director and screenwriter. This was fellini s first full length colour film, and it.
Federico fellini original us movie poster item information. The film was a massive box office hit in europe with,617,148 admissions in italy. Inspired by newspaper headlines and some topical scandals, the film comprehensively indicts a rome dominated by foreign movie stars, corrupt. Marcello mastroianni opens 8 12 floating in the sky, tethered to earth. In a device used earlier in his films, fellini orders the disparate succession of sequences as movements from evening to dawn. The sweet life was the first of many collaborations with marcello mastroianni, an actor who came to represent fellini s alter ego. Its so easy to reduce federico fellini s threering satire of the eurochic good life to iconic scenes, or to accept the movie simply as a canonized classic of course its great. Eschewing the remains of his roots in italian neorealism, fellini turned tabloid journalist marcellos daytoday experiences among the international jet set into a. In search of fellini is a film about forced adulthood. Not fellini s best, but there are many flashes of brilliance.
Ideal for adding a touch of fun and retro style when decorating your home or business. When the sharp observations of federico fellini were introduced to american audiences in the form of this episodic italian satire, the movie became a hit. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist marcello mastroianni living in rome. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. A classic film and upon its first night out a scandal. Italian for the sweet life or the good life is a 1960 comedydrama film directed and. Fellini created a gigantic fullscale replica of the via veneto at the cinecitta studios, and shawn levys book about rome in this period, dolce vita confidential. Truthful, audacious, bold, boring in stretches, and passionately sweeping. 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. Irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, little women, marriage story, once upon a time in hollywood, 1917 and parasite. Famous for coining the word paparazzo after one of its characters, this is one of fellinis best films and made its title synonymous with the. Talking about women means talking about the darkest part of ourselves, the undeveloped part, the true mystery within.
In almost all of fellini s films, you will find the figure of a man caught between earth and sky. Regia di federico fellini one of the most beautiful and famous films in the history of cinemaqui il. Throughout the various episodes marcello sees these images of happiness, of contentment, but the images are deceptive, elusive, unreliable. 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. 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. Inspired by newspaper headlines and some topical scandals, the film comprehensively indicts a rome dominated by foreign movie. Italian for the sweet life or the good life is a 1960 comedydrama film directed and cowritten by federico fellini. However, i have found that i am drawn to criterion because i. 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. 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.
The film is also notable for featuring the final big screen appearance of the great icon of postwar italian culture, anna magnani. However, i have found that i am drawn to criterion because i am now. I was very indifferent to much of the film in the second half, only to have spurts of majestic beauty and honesty awake me from my slowlyfading attention. While marcello contends with the overdose taken by his girlfriend, emma yvonne furneaux, he also pursues heiress maddalena anouk aimee and movie star sylvia anita ekberg, embracing a carefree approach to living. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. They are torn between the carnal and the spiritual. I prefer it as an allegory, a cautionary tale of a man without a center. Fellini s debut movie, codirected with albert lattuada, and with a real taste of the exuberance and theatricality still to come. Fellini s epic about the amoral world of tabloids and celebrity. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1960 movies 1960. Federico fellinis sumptuous yet existentially punishing drama offers up a view of an elite class that has since gone rotten. Throughout the various episodes marcello sees these images of happiness, of contentment. The 1960 film by federico fellini is named the film that split up his earlier neo. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a.
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