Review of La Dolce Vita (1960) by Reece L — 20 Sep 2015
As beautiful as it is sprawling, La Dolce Vita is Fellini's deconstruction of the myth of blissful affluence, an episodic masterpiece utilizing a series of mini-stories to tell universal truths about Italian culture, the artificial nature of religion, age, and love, all filtered through a lens of celebrity, commenting on the ways in which people fill these idealistic vessels up with projections of their inner-passions.
It's all an extended musing on the idealized vs. the real, the ugliness that hides under the beautiful facades we create to feel superior (and who better to represent this contradiction than the paparazzi, who's cameras are a near constant-presence).
To get lost in this facade means death, even if the popular perception of this lifestyle points to the contrary, and while this idea has been touched on before, it's never been done quite with half the style or intelligence that Fellini deals with here.
This review of La Dolce Vita (1960) was written by Reece L on 20 Sep 2015.
La Dolce Vita has generally received very positive reviews.
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