Released in 1960 when stuart sutcliffe was still in the beatles, fellini s movie follows gossip journalist and failed novelist marcello rubini marcello mastroianni as he wanders rome looking for stories, chasing women and an ideal of happiness that always seems. With marcello mastroianni, anita ekberg, anouk aimee, yvonne furneaux. Once he remarked, i make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies and to amuse. Truthful, audacious, bold, boring in stretches, and passionately sweeping. 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 cowritten by federico fellini.
The bright optimism of neorealism has developed into a weary pessimism. The sweet life italian film, released in 1960, that was widely hailed as one of the most important ever made and the first of several. A series of stories following a week in the life of a. A series of stories following a week in the life of. A remarkable artistic achievement, this is not a typical art film, it has fellini s trademark jovial humor, and no matter how dark, emerges as a truly entertaining work. 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. 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. 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. Its scenery, music, characters, general sequences, screenplay, direction, all of it.
The sweet life italian film, released in 1960, that was widely hailed as one of the most important ever made and the first of several acclaimed collaborations between director federico fellini and actor marcello mastroianni, who came to represent the directors alter. Otello martelli music nino rota star marcello mastrianni marcello, anouk aimee maddalena, walter santesso paparazzo, yvonne furneaux emma, anita ekberg sylvia, lex barker robert, alain cuny steiner, annibale ninchi marcellos father, nadia gray stripper, valerie ciangotti paola, the innocent. The director fellini captures certain characters in. Fellini began his career as a cartoonist, journalist, and scriptwriter. Would 1960s rome have become quite the magnet for the celebrity elite had master filmmaker federico fellini not brought his camera to bear on it in his palme dorwinning satire. The 1960 film by federico fellini is named the film that split up. Federico fellini stock pictures, royaltyfree photos. It is also fellini s most cohesive and straightforward film despite its episodic framework and multifarious cast of characters as well as the film that made marcello mastroianni an international star.
Back in cinemas and curzon home cinema for what would have been the directors 100th. Federico fellini, ennio flaiano, tullio pinelli sceneggiatura. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in rome. F or a dizzying moment in the disorientated postwar era, cinema and federico fellini put rome at the centre of the world. Unfortunately, this title is unavailable in your region. New symphonic suites from the classic films of federico fellini rota, nino artist format.
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