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Episode 85 – La Dolce Vita

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La Dolce VitaThis episode is a return to the world of Federico Fellini with two guests as we all try to determine if Melissa’s hatred of the film is misplaced.  La Dolce Vita is considered one of Fellini’s masterpieces.  But is it? We watch the film and do our best to appreciate it as film geeks.  You can decide for yourself how well we do

Please note: this episode was hacked.  The episode is fine but the post itself was meddled with.  Sorry about that.

Our next episode will be about The Man Who Would be King!

La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita poster Rating: 8.0/10 (78,019 votes)
Director: Federico Fellini
Writer: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée
Runtime: 174 min
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 19 Apr 1961
Plot: A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

Episode 73 – 8 1/2

, with special guest:

8 1/2We are sad to say goodbye to Jena as a regular co-host and movie non-expert but that means we will have rotating cast of non-experts instead!  This episode, Tonya Wershow from our sister podcast, A Reel Education: Noir, joins us for Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2.  The movie is surreal and collapses in on itself like a black hole and it is all pretty brilliant.  At least we thought so.  We also thought the cinematography was lush and amazing.  Definitely worth a viewing although it will probably take more than one to see everything that is going on.

Our next movie will be The Lion in Winter!

8½ (1963)
8½ poster Rating: 8.0/10 (124,813 votes)
Director: Federico Fellini
Writer: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale
Runtime: 138 min
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Drama
Released: 24 Jun 1963
Plot: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.