"La Dolce Vita"

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This is one of my favorite films, and I just saw it again last night in L.A. at the Nuart in a very nice new print, presumably the one they'll be using when it's released in a two-disc edition on DVD come September. Mastroianni is amazing, and it's probably Fellini's finest hour (3 hours, rather).

I remember the first time I saw it with several friends and we convinced one friend that the word "dolce" meant "crazy" in Italian. Eventually he found out it meant "sweet", but whenever we hang out with him someone will invariably begin talking about some wild event, i.e. a fight at a show, as being "so fucking dolce...you know, crazy." He gets really pissed, so we keep doing it.

Anyway, a wonderful film.

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 8 May 2004 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

It's about time that thing came out on DVD. Can't wait.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 8 May 2004 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i bought the region 3 korean 2 disc set, but i havent watched it yet.

― todd swiss (eliti), Saturday, 8 May 2004 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Who's releasing it? Does it get the Criterion treatment?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 8 May 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

nope, criterion couldnt get the rights, i think image or universal or someone has it.

― todd swiss (eliti), Saturday, 8 May 2004 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"so fucking dolce...you know, crazy."

ha ha ha!!!! yes!!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Saturday, 8 May 2004 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

It's actually KOCH, which sounds random, but they did the amazing recent Umbrellas of Cherbourg!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 8 May 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

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