Review of La Dolce Vita (1960) by Tino B — 03 Jul 2011
Beautiful cinematography and Marcello Mastroiani at his best. A well-organized, exemplary life leads to death. A life full of parties, alcohol and beautiful women might be pointless and senseless, but hey, it also leads to death.
Thus, let us just party. Or at least: let us all be no that serious about life. Society pushes towards becoming organized animals. But may be we should also listen to the untamed beast inside of us, that entity that can not be molded in any way.
Marcello's attention wanders from one beautiful woman to the next. He is mesmerized, seduced by their beauty. And what is wrong about contemplating and enjoying beauty? Nothing, that is what the movies appears to suggest.
La Dolce Vita is classical Fellini: wonderful women, staged acts, circus, parties, Rome, gregarious people sharing a meal, or drinks and a good time. Is this Fellini's view of life or real life itself, the one that we do refuse to see?
This review of La Dolce Vita (1960) was written by Tino B on 03 Jul 2011.
La Dolce Vita has generally received very positive reviews.
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