La Dolce Vita (1960) | |
| Director(s) | Federico Fellini |
| Producer(s) | Giuseppe Amato, Franco Magli (executive), Angelo Rizzoli |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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La Dolce Vita Overview:
La Dolce Vita (1960) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Federico Fellini and produced by Franco Magli, Giuseppe Amato and Angelo Rizzoli.
Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Piero Gherardi | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Piero Gherardi | Won |
| Best Director | Federico Fellini | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi | Nominated |
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Film Albums: La Dolce Vita and Other Great Motion Picture Themes (1961)
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 25, 2026 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversIn the early 1960s a plethora of great "motion picture theme" albums were released and honestly, it is hard to choose one over the other when comparing them. Ray Ellis and His Orchestra was not as popular as Ray Conniff or Ferrante and Teicher, but he had a large output and recorded equally stellar ... Read full article
La Dolce Vita (1960) (2)
By Beatrice on Mar 22, 2017 From Flickers in TimeLa Dolce Vita Directed by Federico Fellini Written by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi 1960/Italy/France Riama Film/Cinecitta/Pathe Consortium Cinema/Gray-Film Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Life is bittersweet in th... Read full article
Criterion: La Dolce Vita (1)
By Aaron West on Oct 29, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 29 Posted by aaronwest LA DOLCE VITA, FEDERICO FELLINI, 1960 While ultimately a distinctively Fellini arthouse project, La Dolce Vita is also an ambitious, sprawling epic. There?s a lot of story to tell, and it does so through a tightly structured sequence of loosely connected scenes, taking pl... Read full article
Criterion: La Dolce Vita (2)
By Aaron West on Oct 29, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 29 Posted by aaronwest LA DOLCE VITA, FEDERICO FELLINI, 1960 While ultimately a distinctively Fellini arthouse project, La Dolce Vita is also an ambitious, sprawling epic. There?s a lot of story to tell, and it does so through a tightly structured sequence of loosely connected scenes, taking pl... Read full article
Criterion: La Dolce Vita (3)
By Aaron West on Oct 29, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 29 Posted by aaronwest LA DOLCE VITA, FEDERICO FELLINI, 1960 While ultimately a distinctively Fellini arthouse project, La Dolce Vita is also an ambitious, sprawling epic. There?s a lot of story to tell, and it does so through a tightly structured sequence of loosely connected scenes, taking pl... Read full article
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Quotes from
Marcello Rubini: You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.
Steiner: Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional. Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.
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The film contributed the term "paparazzo" to the language. The term derives from Marcello's photographer friend Paparazzo. Federico Fellini took the name "Paparazzo", as he explained in a later interview, from the name of someone he met in Calabria (Southern Italy) where Greek names are still common. "Paparazzi" is the plural meaning.
Asked how he got the idea for the film, Federico Fellini replied that one year the fashions made the women in Rome look like big flowers. Several extremely exaggerated costumes here and there in the film (such as two women guests' cloaks in the sequence of the party at the castle) point back to this original inspiration.
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