Journalist and manabouttown marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of romes elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer. Directed by 1 writing credits 8 cast 165 produced by 3 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 production design by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 3 production management 4 second unit director or assistant director 6. Eschewing the remains of his roots in italian neorealism, fellini turned tabloid journalist marcellos daytoday experiences among the international jet set into a. Criterions remastered bluray is extremely well done, the beautiful bw photography is even more incredible than i ever realized. Its about a journalist who writes for gossip magazines. He spends a week in rome engaged in various hedonistic pursuits like going to parties and having sex with beautiful women despite being engaged and despite his. With marcello mastroianni, anita ekberg, anouk aimee, yvonne furneaux. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering.
In this comedydrama about a week in the sweet life of marcello rubini, a journalist who juggles brief romantic encounters with a string of italian beauties while nursing. When i saw it again, around 1970, i was living in a version of marcellos world. This famed blackandwhite film about the sexual escapades of the early european jet set announced the artistry of italian director federico fellini to american audiences. 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. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of romes rich and glamorous, the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist a sublimely cool marcello mastroianni. Marcello is struggling with his life, he is torn between loversjournalism and literature, maddalena and emma, etc. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in rome. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Fellini may have set out to explore the outer delirium and inner rot among a subsection of pampered starlets, amoral gossiphounds, pretentious socialites and funereal aristocrats at the peak of italys economic miracle and burgeoning gliteratti culture, but vita is a universal fable, as universal as dantes.
Chicagos north avenue was not the via veneto, but at 3 a. The image measures 768 1024 pixels and is 291 kilobytes large. Journalist and manabouttown marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of romes elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for. In federico fellinis lauded italian film, restless reporter marcello rubini marcello. In federico fellinis lauded italian film, restless reporter marcello rubini marcello mastroianni drifts through life in rome.
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