Marcello is played brilliantly by Marcello Mastroianni, who would later star in 8 ½. Film Festival, Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 – Theatrical Releases of 2019, Skin is In: Ishii’s Signature Erotic Violence in Inferno of Torture (1969) | Blu-ray Review, Criterion Collection: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) | Blu-ray Review, The Doctor and the Devils: Pabst’s Subversive UFA Propaganda Revisited in Paracelsus (1943) | Blu-ray Review, Criterion Collection: An Unmarried Woman (1978) | Blu-ray Review. Interview: Ksawery Szczepanik – Going for Gold | 2020 Warsaw International Film Festival This film scholar speaks on the cultural changes that were taking place in Italy during the film’s creation that influenced its overall cultural meaning and impact. Interview: Haroula Rose – Once Upon a River
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The large foldout insert features a lengthy essay by Gary Giddins, who offers a nice write-up on the film and then breaking down its episodic nature. Steiner’s fleeting suggestion stands as an epiphanic thesis of Marcello’s own internal struggle to find love and stability while carrying out a career in journalism that takes him gallivanting with royalty and movie stars throughout all the ancient and newly minted quarters of Rome. Audio is presented in an uncompressed Italian LPCM Mono track. There is no rise and fall, no three act structure – just a series of episodes involving Marcello, subtly experiencing a moral reckoning that surfaces while the paparazzi swarm. AKA: La douceur de vivre, Dolce vita, La, La douceur de vivre, Douceur de vivre, La, Солодке життя. Everything about La Dolce Vita is iconic -the 1960's Italian fashion, Nino Rota's waltzy score, and some of the most famous scenes in cinema. If you haven’t been to Rome, this will make you want to plan a trip.
The film itself is so damn cool that it makes you want to run out and buy a bottle of Campari. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Romeâs 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. I tend to watch a good amount of Italian films, and always hope that I will see places I have visited. 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. Speaking on the tabloidy aspects of the film’s creation and the people behind the bold costume choices featured in the film, this Italian film critic was interviewed earlier this year.
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Fine object detail is excellent, producing great textures in both close-ups and long shots alike.
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By Tommaso TocciOctober 19, 2020
Felliniana Again I was taken back a bit by the fact there really isnât a lot of material to be found here per se, especially considering the stature of the title, but I enjoyed that the supplements were more scholarly in nature and they will probably offer a lot of great insight into the film for those coming new to it.
Taken from a new 4K restoration the image is pretty much what I would have expected: a sharp, highly detailed image that retains a filmic quality. Just a half a year after Criterion released Paolo Sorrentino’s own ode to Fellini’s critic of the Italian upper class, they’ve finally got there hands on La Dolce Vita, which had previously been released as a mediocre DVD release by Koch Lorber Films years ago.
Scanned from Don Young’s immense collection of Fellini memorabilia, there are over 50 posters, press books and promotional pamphlets to scan through as a slideshow. Itâs just when the audio becomes busy and loud the trackâs age shows and it can distort and crack a bit.
“The most miserable life is better, believe me, than an existence protected by a society where everything’s organized and planned for and perfect,” says Steiner (Alain Cuny), Marcello’s (Marcello Mastroianni) only friend with seemingly any moral fiber or family values in the Rome of upper-class debauchery in which they surf throughout Federico Fellini’s groundbreaking critical masterpiece on the vacuous Roman high-life of the late 50s, La Dolce Vita. Despite the music coming off edgy and distorted during some of the louder moments the lossless linear PCM mono track is not too bad.
There is a plot, but the film itself is really all about character driven exposition, and visual splendor. I am fond of 8 ½ and like Amarcord, but I love La Dolce Vita. Criterion's remastered Blu-ray is extremely well done, the beautiful B/W photography is even more incredible than I ever realized. Despite the slight disappointment this isnât a jam-packed two-disc edition, Criterionâs Blu-ray still delivers a solid presentation and some worthwhile supplementary material. [General Film Discussion] / Sat Oct 24, 2020 07:25:26 AM, [Arrow DVDs and Blu-rays] / Sat Oct 24, 2020 07:07:51 AM, [Arrow Rumors and News] / Sat Oct 24, 2020 05:57:22 AM, [Criterion Rumors and News] / Sat Oct 24, 2020 01:23:14 AM, [General Film Discussion] / Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:26:28 PM, [Filmmakers] / Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:30:04 PM. Having been an assistant director on both La Dolce Vita and 8½, Lina gives her impressions on what it’s like to work with Fellini in this new interview. The black levels are fantastic and clarity is impeccable. An undisputed masterpiece of modern cinema that saw Fellini shift from neo-realism to something much more thematically rich and narratively weird, La Dolce Vita showed us the 1950s “good life” at it’s most unscrupulous and commented on our fantastical obsession to know the inner lives of those in the public eye, and yet we cannot help but celebrate its accomplishments by partaking in exactly what it disparages.
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My ex girlfriend that my parents hated followed me to Italy, and I spent very little time attempting my homework. Time | Review That trip always made me love Italy. In all, compared to the previous Kino Lorber DVD, which looked pretty good for a standard-definiton transfer, Criterionâs new release offers a hefty improvement.
The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of about 2.35:1.
For such an iconic film Iâm rather stunned at how little is actually on here for supplemental material, but I appreciated that at least there is a decent amount of scholarly material, all of which should help oneâs appreciation of the film. The disc itself comes packaged in a standard Criterion clear case. After a long legal dispute over who owned the rights to Federico Felliniâs famous La dolce vita, Criterionâlicensing the film from the lawsuitâs victor, Paramountâreleases the film in a brand new Blu-ray edition, giving the film a 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation on a dual-layer Blu-ray.
Interviews I read Dante’s Inferno, saw works by Michelangelo, and learned how to get around Italy and converse in Italian decently. Itâs incredibly brief and Iâm hoping Criterion maybe has more material featuring her, possibly being saved for another Fellini release, since sheâs a hoot and fairly open. If you have ever been to Rome, then I believe that La Dolce Vita is essential viewing. Criterion has done an incredible job on the transfer, and I would say that this movie is a steal at any price. I am fond of 8 ½ and like Amarcord, but I love La Dolce Vita. It’s like bumping into an old friend or smelling your mother’s cooking. You'll also find in-depth discussions on world cinema.