The script and Mastroianni's colorless acting do not ... Despite its dramatic failings, La Dolce Vita contains some of the most imaginative and skillful cinematography I have ever seen.

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After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career. Directors ...

Christ is helicoptered out of Rome while the city decays into a listless Sodom for the international jet set; Marcello Mastroianni plays the louche hack carrying too much ennui to write a novel ...