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Article: La Dolce Vita.(Video Recording Review)
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- March 22, 2005
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Directed by Federico Fellini; starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee and Yvonne Furneaux. Two-Disc Collector's Edition DVD, B&W, 174 mins. A Koch Lorber Films release, www.kochlorberfilms.com.
Consider this list: The 400 Blows; Hiroshima, mon amour; Breathless; Les Cousins; The Virgin Spring; Shadows; L'Avventura; La Dolce Vita. All of these classics of modern cinema date from 1959-1960 and mark a sharp turning point in film history. As John F. Kennedy was to remark memorably in his inaugural address in January 1961: "The torch has been passed to a new generation." He might as well have been talking about the movies.
Of all these ...