Dolce Vita

UPC: 741952305194

Studio: Koch Lorber Films

Summary: In one of the most widely seen and acclaimed European movies of the 1960s, Federico Fellini featured Marcello Mastrioanni as gossip columnist Marcello Rubini. Having left his dreary provincial existence behind, Marcello wanders through an ultra-modern, ultra-sophisticated, ultra-decadent Rome. He yearns to write seriously, but his inconsequential newspaper pieces bring in more money, and he's too lazy to argue with this setup. He attaches himself to a bored socialite (Anouk Aim?e), whose search for thrills brings them in contact with a bisexual prostitute. The next day, Marcello juggles a personal tragedy (the attempted suicide of his mistress (Yvonne Furneaux)) with the demands of his profession (an interview with none-too-deep film star Anita Ekberg). Throughout his adventures, Marcello's dreams, fantasies, and nightmares are mirrored by the hedonism around him. With a shrug, he concludes that, while his lifestyle is shallow and ultimately pointless, there's nothing he can do to change it and so he might as well enjoy it. Fellini's hallucinatory, circus-like depictions of modern life first earned the adjective "Felliniesque" in this celebrated movie, which also traded on the idea of Rome as a hotbed of sex and decadence. A huge worldwide success, La Dolce Vita won several awards, including a New York Film Critics CIrcle award for Best Foreign Film and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Foreign Film – New York Film Critics Circle

Features: Introduction by noted director Alexander Payne
Audio commentary by noted critic & film historian Richard Schickel
Fellini TV-collection of never-before-seen Fellini shorts
Interviews with Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg
Cinecitta: The House of Fellini - Musical montage of Fellini's beloved studio
Documentary on La Dolce Vita composer Nino Rota
Discussion with Fellini's closest friend and colleague, Rinaldo Gelend, on La Dolce Vita themes
Footage with the last surviving La Dolce Vita screenwriter, Tullio Pinelli
40 page collector's booklet with essay by Italian cinema and Fellini expert, Peter Bondanella with rare behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of La Dolce Vita
Five 5"x7" collectible photographs
11"x17" collectible poster

Dolce Vita

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 11/08/2005

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 174 Minutes

Sides: 3

Number of Discs: 3

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- La Dolce Vita
1. Opening Credits [1:35]
2. Christ [2:57]
3. Marcello [4:04]
4. Maddalena [:43]
5. A Woman Like This [3:15]
6. Emma [5:50]
7. Sylvia [4:36]
8. St. Peter's [3:19]
9. Frankie [4:04]
10. Rock and Roll [2:59]
11. Difficult [5:11]
12. A Big Mistake [5:16]
13. Steiner [5:04]
14. The Miracle Field [4:32]
15. The Children [3:59]
16. The Madonna [7:03]
17. A Lovely Home [4:11]
18. Sounds and Sweet Airs [5:25]
19. Work in Peace [2:52]
20. Papa [3:16]
21. Cha-Cha Club [8:16]
22. Fanny [3:23]
23. Stormy Weather [5:08]
24. Bassano di Sutri [:19]
25. Serious Talk [4:22]
26. The Villa [7:59]
27. Disgrace [6:07]
28. Tragedy [2:39]
29. Newfound Freedom [3:15]
30. Riccardo [5:53]
31. Basta [9:19]
32. Monster [5:35]
33. Closing Credits [3:11]

Lucia Bozzola

An international hit, partly due to its then-frank sexuality, La Dolce Vita (1960) marked an artistic turning point in Federico Fellini's career, confirming him as one of the premier filmmakers of international art cinema. Eschewing the remains of his roots in Italian Neo-Realism, Fellini turned tabloid journalist Marcello's day-to-day experiences among the international jet set into a visually flamboyant, Dante-esque odyssey through contemporary Roman decadence. From the surreal opening image of a Christ statue "flying" over Rome by helicopter through Anita Ekberg's frolic in the Trevi Fountain to the final beach scene, Fellini filled his first foray into widescreen photography with evocative imagery juxtaposing ancient Rome with modernity, surface beauty with spiritual desolation. Winner of the 1960 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, La Dolce Vita became a worldwide critical and financial success, turning Fellini first-timer Marcello Mastroianni into an international star and earning Fellini an Oscar nomination as Best Director. With La Dolce Vita appearing the same year as Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura, Fellini joined his compatriot as one of the leading cinematic poets of the modern condition, yet with a visual splendor and affection for the carnivalesque that would distinguish his work for the next decades. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Archie Savage  Actor 
Nadia Gray  Actor 
Magali Noël  Actor 
Jacques Sernas  Actor 
April Hennessy  Actor 
Rina Franchetti  Actor 
Laura Betti  Actor 
Mino Doro  Actor 
John Francis Lane  Actor 
Cesarino Miceli Picardi  Actor 
Haniet White  Actor 
Maria Teresa Vianello  Actor 
Gino Marturano  Actor 
Tito Buzzo  Actor 
Giulio Questi  Actor 
Enzo Doria  Actor 
Angela Wilson  Actor 
Riccardo Garrone  Actor 
Carlo Musto  Actor 
Alfredo Rizzo  Actor 
Franco Rossellini  Actor 
Leonardo Botta  Actor 
Daniela Calvino  Actor 
Ida Galli  Actor 
Leonida Repaci  Actor 
Franca Pasut  Actor 
Donato Castellaneta  Actor 
Massimo Bonetti  Actor 
Sandra Lee  Actor 
Polidor  Actor 
Adriano Celentano  Actor 
Nico  Actor 
Vadim Wolkonsky  Actor 
Leo Coleman  Actor 
Enrico Glori  Actor 
Lisa Schneider  Actor 
Mario Conocchia  Actor 
Alain Dijon  Actor 
Antonio Jacono  Actor 
Umberto Orsini  Actor 
Barbara Steele  Actor 
Enzo Cerusico  Actor 
Marianna Leibl  Actor 
Giuseppe Amato  Producer 
Federico Fellini  Director 
Federico Fellini  Screenwriter 
Ennio Flaiano  Screenwriter 
Pier Paolo Pasolini  Screenwriter 
Tullio Pinelli  Screenwriter 
Angelo Rizzoli  Producer 
Nino Rota  Composer (Music Score) 
Brunello Rondi  Screenwriter 
Franco Magli  Executive Producer 
Marcello Mastroianni  Actor 
Yvonne Furneaux  Actor 
Anouk Aimée  Actor 
Anita Ekberg  Actor 
Alain Cuny  Actor 
Lex Barker  Actor 
Annibale Ninchi  Actor 
Valeria Ciangottini  Actor 
Walter Santesso  Actor 
Renee Longanni  Actor 

Country: France,Italy