Tag: La Dolce Vita
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Roger Ebert’s Favorite Actor Was This Noir Anti-Hero
Famed movie critic Roger Ebert claimed to have seen 10,000 films and reviewed over 6,000 of them, and with that comes exposure to a lot of actors and actresses across different generations of film. Picking favorites would be difficult for almost anyone to choose, but this is Roger Ebert, a man confident enough to say…
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This Was Roger Ebert’s Favorite Film — And It’s Not ‘Citizen Kane’
No matter how many 4/4-star reviews you may read from the great Roger Ebert, his favorite film remained a mystery for the longest time, only for him to confess in 2008 that it was in fact Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. The reasons why, however, may be considered too personal for a film critic. Roger…
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‘Babylon’ First Reactions Are All Over the Place: Responses for Damien Chazelle’s Film Range From a ‘Daring Hollywood Epic’ to ‘Truly Monstrous’
Paramount has pulled the curtain back on “Babylon,” Damien Chazelle’s period comedy documenting the excess of the early age of Hollywood. An early screening Monday evening at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills has opened the floodgates for first reactions.The 188-minute epic represents a return to awards season for Chazelle, who became the youngest…
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Monica Bellucci at Lumière Festival: Beauty Only Lasts Five Minutes If There’s Nothing Behind
Monica Bellucci was among the guests of honor at the 14th edition of the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, where the Paris-based Italian icon discussed her latest film, “The Girl in the Fountain,” and looked back on her career.In “The Girl in the Fountain,” which alternates archival footage of Hollywood icon Anita Ekberg with the…
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Nino Rota’s ‘La Dolce Vita’ Score Gets Re-Release, Celebrated With Flash Mob Orchestra Performance in Front of Trevi Fountain (Exclusive)
The soundtrack of Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning “La Dolce Vita” is getting a re-release via record label Cam Sugar, which staged an impromptu performance of Nino Rota’s iconic score in front of Rome’s Trevi Fountain for the milestone movie.The flash mob performance by the 10-piece Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta orchestra of several “Dolce Vita” tracks surprised tourists…
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‘I Love Men But I Am Inspired by Women,’ Monica Bellucci Says at Torino Film Festival
“I am a product of my dream. Even as a child, I wanted to be an actress and enter this world, even though it was very far from my reality,” said Monica Bellucci at the Torino Film Festival, where she accepted the Stella Della Mole Award for Artistic Innovation.Bellucci also held a masterclass at the…
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‘The Girl in the Fountain’ Director Antongiulio Panizzi Looks at Anita Ekberg Through Monica Bellucci’s Eyes
Anita Ekberg, the Swedish star immortalized in Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita,” where her character decides to walk into the Trevi Fountain to the delight, and terror, of Marcello Mastroianni, has a “complicated” story, Italian director Antongiulio Panizzi tells Variety.In “The Girl in the Fountain,” produced by Dugong Films and Eagle Pictures, and presented at…
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Criterion to Release Box Set of Federico Fellini Films
Classic movie buffs with $200 to burn, take note: The Criterion Collection has announced “Essential Fellini,” a box set of 14 films from legendary film director Federico Fellini.The Blu-Ray set, which will release on November 24,will include several features, including 4K restorations of 11 of the films, as well as uncompressed monaural soundtracks for each…
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Streaming: celebrate Fellini at 100
The great Italian director was born 100 years ago this month. What better time to stream his best work…Federico Fellini celebrates his 100th birthday on 20 January – in an inactive sense, admittedly, given that he left us back in 1993. It’s a centenary worth noting. Thirty years on from his last film, Fellini still…