Man, I couldn't get through this movie. I was watching a dvd I ordered through ebay. I never saw the movie before and bought it based on recommendations. The dvd was like seven dollars so I figured I might as well buy it instead of going and renting a vhs. The dvd first of all is of horrible quality. The image is jerky and blurry, but I've enjoyed movies with worse quality that this. I watched it for about an hour and found myself immensely irritated by the lack of anything interesting going on. Anita Ekberg is gorgeous of course, but that's not enough to keep me watching a movie. A problem I'm also facing with this one, but not as bad, is having to read the subtitles. I watched 8-1/2 on the criterion dvd collection which was way better in quality, but that movie was very tough to follow. I've never seen subtitles go by so quickly. They were so quick I found that I couldn't even bring my eyes to the picture without another subtitle popping up to distract me. Often I found myself rewinding it because I took a sip of pop and missed three lines of speech. I like to absorb the images on screen and when I am reading more than watching it really takes me out of the movie experience. Too bad dubbing almost always sucks though (can't recall if the dvd even had dubbing). I suppose I don't really have the right to comment on this movie considering I didn't finish it, but if I'm unable to finish a movie I cannot recommend it.
Review of La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Couldn't finish the movie, Anita Ekberg is gorgeous, cannot recommend.
12 February 2004