Mark Kermode reviews La dolce vita (1960) | BFI Player

Beginning the year in indulgent style with Fellini's luxuriant masterwork. Watch La dolce vita on BFI Player (UK only): player.bfi.org...
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[@andy-stone]

I love how there is a Kermode video for any movie I ever think of. Thank you for being the spiritual successor of Ebert.

[@petergivenbless900]

I could happily watch this film every day for the rest of my life and never grow bored of it!

[@highwind1991]

I own the criterion Blu Ray, but I live in America so I can't see this in a theater :'(. I loved the great beauty, which is a great companion piece to la dolce Vita. But I wish more films like la dolce Vita were made today

[@brentulstad3275]

I also own that Criterion copy but haven't seen it yet, it's been popping up in alot of essays and critiques lately & maybe this is another sign, lol. Been having a continuous "film fest" at home since the quarantine has affected us. Watching many movies each week. I'll try and put this one on ASAP.

[@65g4]

The great beauty was interesting but paled in comparison to this classic.

[@sidclark1953]

There's a funny scene in "Divorce Italian Style" where an audience of Sicilian dirt farmers are watching a screening of "La Dolce Vita".

[@DeanH92]

Going to see it on Sunday!

[@stephenstephen1505]

A masterpiece

[@65g4]

Great film

[@johnsharman7262]

I think this film rather than 8 1/2 , as it pares away the faults of indulgence and fantasy and image association that Fellini is prone to indulge in if given reign.

[@marmite400]

At last!

[@lameduck3630]

Kermode doesn't get it.

[@georgeaye7535]

I don't understnd his interpretation of the statue being flown to the Vatican as "god leaving the city" ? whaaaat?

[@TheSuperLegoMan100]

although definitely ahead of its time, well shot and acted, among other things, Marcello's character has not aged well. comes off as a predator creeping on women, especially the young girl who you see at the end of the film

[@koomo801]

Literalists will have trouble with a lot of Fellini's work.

[@juleswinnfield4966]

you don’t get the end.

[@TheSuperLegoMan100]

@@juleswinnfield4966 explain it to me

[@65g4]

You say that about any era of film its a product if its time. I wouldnt be too harsh on it

[@rickolson5388]

Does this characterization offend you? His treatment of the young waitress is perhaps his most restrained treatment of a woman in the entire film.