Cruise along the Via Veneto with Marcello Mastroianni, then take a dip in the Trevi Fountain with the voluptuous Anita Ekberg. Fellini even added a new word to our vocabulary when he introduced the character of the celebrity-chasing photographer, Paparazzo. Fellini's sardonic epic about the decadence of modern Rome is one of the most influential of foreign films, and its influence can still be seen today in films like the recent international Oscar winner, The Great Beauty. It won the Oscar for Piero Gherardi’s elegant costumes.
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LA DOLCE VITA earned four Academy Award nominations in 1961, including Best Director Federico Fellini (the first time in Oscar history for a director of a foreign language film) and Best Original Screenplay. Film/Art Gallerys La Dolce Vita movie poster collection also includes a poster artwork by Yves Thos of Fellinis masterpiece. Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Abroad Series present Federico Fellini’s masterpiece, LA DOLCE VITA, as part of the monthly revival series of great international classics. Eyes and ears are not just the targets, though, but recurring symbols for what author-director Fellini has on his mind.
LA DOLCE VITA 60th Anniversary Screenings at Four Laemmle Locations, Wednesday November 17 at 7:00 PM. Three-hour, three-million gross, triple-goddessed, church-banned, myth-packed, and Totalscoped, La Dolce Vita amazes indeed the very faculty of eyes and ears.