La Dolce Vita

1960 • dir Federico Fellini w/Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée • 174 min • 35mm

Filmmaking titan Federico Fellini was responsible for several true masterpieces in his nearly 50-year career, but this film towers over most his other works. In LA DOLCE VITA, Fellini takes aim at “the sweet life” of Rome’s decadent upper-crust. The debauched antics of the elites inspire both envy and disdain in successful paparazzo Marcello (Mastroianni) as he tools around the city in his convertible Triumph sportscar hunting for his next salacious story.