Classical decadence

"La dolce vita - the sweet life", Federico Fellini's film about the Roman papparazzo Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni) far ahead describes already in 1959 tendencies of sensationalism, the Start cult and the life of the "rich and famous", which despite all the glamor a devoid of meaning and superficial remains. We watch Marcello two days on his trip through the world of high society. Their luxury life is contrasted by a report of a Marienschauung two children and an encounter with a young Marcello friendly girl who exposes in his innocence, the decadence of the "Dolce Vita". Marcello acts like a mirror of the glittering but immoral actions, on which he reported, and at the same time as the merciless registering and analyzing eye that can not look away. So are the fun orgies of Stars to excruciating documentation of loneliness and boredom. The stroke of genius, the Fellini with "La Dolce Vita" created, but that that microcosm of the "upper class" seems exemplary to stand for a world that materialism and rather the bill has been sold as being, a world whose human values ​​are in disarray. An outstanding film of an outstanding director and a milestone in film history.
In addition to the great Mastroianni Anita Ekberg had here her famous movie appearance (nude bathing in a fountain) and Nico, the German photo model that has made seven years later with "The Velvet Underground" Pop music is, seen in a supporting role.