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Article: Idol Pleasures; The Golden Age of Actor Marcello Mastroianni
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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Not long ago Marcello Mastroianni, the world's leading leading
man, had a nightmare.
In the dream, he entered Cinecitta, the famed Roman film
studio, and found the place populated by dwarfs carrying monumental
props. None of the workers recognized him. All were indifferent to
his presence.
"It was a hard dream, frightening. Everything was changing,"
he said. "The world I knew was shrinking, physically and mentally.
I was being forgotten."
The movie world may be changing, but for Marcello Mastroianni,
such a professional nightmare is not likely to happen in real life.
With a film and stage career that spans 50 years and more than 160
films, he is far from being forgotten or ignored.