La dolce vita

La dolce vita

DVD - 2014

The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time, the film rocketed Federico Fellini to international mainstream success, ironically, by offering a damning critique of the culture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome's rich and glamorous; the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist during a hectic week spent on the peripheries of the spotlight.

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Subjects
Journalists > Drama.
Lifestyles > Italy > Drama.
Hedonism > Drama.
Tabloid newspapers > Drama.
Reporters and reporting > Drama.
Men > Conduct of life > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Rich people > Drama.
Rome (Italy) > Social life and customs > Drama.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Comedy films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2014]
Language
Italian
English
Corporate Authors
Cineriz (Firm), Riama Film, Cinecittà, s.p.a, Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Corporate Authors
Cineriz (Firm) (production company), Riama Film, Cinecittà, s.p.a, Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Other Authors
Federico Fellini (screenwriter), Giuseppe Amato, 1899-1964 (film producer), Angelo Rizzoli (actor), Ennio Flaiano, 1910-1972, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, Marcello Mastroianni, 1924-1996, Anita Ekberg, 1931-2015, Anouk Aimée, 1932-, Yvonne Furneaux, 1928-, Magali Noel, 1931-2015, Alain Cuny, Annibale Ninchi, 1887-1967, Walter Santesso, Valeria Ciangottini, 1945-, Riccardo Garrone, 1926-, Ida Galli, 1942-, Audrey (Actor) McDonald, Polidor, 1887-1977, Alain Dijon, Enzo Cerusico, 1938-1991, Giulio Paradisi, 1934-, Enzo Doria, Enrico Glori, 1901-1966, Laura Betti, Lex Barker, 1919-1973, Jacques Sernas, 1925-2015, Nadja Gray, 1923-1994
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Originally produced as an Italian motion picture in 1960.
Special features: Disc 1. New 4k digital restoration by the Film Foundation -- Disc 2. The eye & the beholder (new visual essay by filmmaker :: kogonada that explores the film's mobile camera); Federico Fellini (1965 interview conducted by Irving R. Levine for NBC News, Fellini discusses his dislike of discussing or analyzing his own films, the work of other directors, the ideal circumstances for making a film and his approach to collaboration); Lina Wertmüller (new interview with film director and Fellini collaborator Lina Wertmüller); David Forgacs (new interview with scholar David Forgacs about the film); Antonello Sarno (new interview with Italian journalist Antonello Sarno about the film, with focus on fashions depicted in the film); Marcello Mastroianni (1963 audio interview with the actor by film historian Gideon Bachmann, discusses the film and Mastroianni's relationship with the director); Felliniana (photo gallery of La dolce vita ephemera from the collection of Don Young).
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen 2.35:1, 16x9 presentation; Dolby digital monaural.
Awards
Winner, 1960 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or: Federico Fellini; 1960 ; David di Donatello Awards Migliore Regista (Best Director): Federico Fellini ; Academy Award, 1961 Best Costume Design, Piero Gherardi.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Otello Martelli ; editor, Leo Cattozzo ; music by Nino Rota ; musical director, Franco Ferrara ; executive producer, Franco Magli ; production designer and costume designer, Piero Gherardi.
ISBN
9781604659238
  • Disc 1. [The film]
  • Disc 2. [Special features].
Review by Library Journal Review

Iconic Marcello Mastroianni epitomizes blase coolness as a tabloid reporter luxuriating in the decadence of his celebrity subjects in the Federico Fellini international hit that tapped an emerging zeitgeist-not to mention inspired the term paparazzi. With its spacious framing and luscious black-and-white cinematography captured in a pristine digital makeover, this restored classic benefits from extras-including an interview with assistant director Lina Wertmuller-helping to make the case for libraries to upgrade their holdings. [See Trailers, LJ 9/1/14.] (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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