La Dolce Vita, 1960. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Alain Cuny, Annibale Ninchi, Magali Noël, Lex Barker, Jacques Sernas, and Nadia Gray. SYNOPSIS: Paramount continues its string of classic reissues with Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita on Blu-ray. The platter serves up the film based on a […]
Movie Review – 8 1/2 (1963)
8 1/2, 1963. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée and Sandra Milo. SYNOPSIS: A successful filmmaker struggles for inspiration, and has to reflect on his life and loves to work out where to go in his next film… “It’s about creative procrastination” said, director of Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer in 2002. While I […]
DVD Review – Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
Diamonds for Breakfast, 1968. Directed by Christopher Morahan. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor, Margaret Blye, Francesca Tu, and The Karlins. SYNOPSIS: In order to steal back his family’s diamonds, Nicky puts together a team of female thieves guaranteed to run circles around museum security (his diamonds are on exhibit). Whether it’s really likely […]
Blu-ray Review – La Grande Bouffe (1973)
La Grande Bouffe, 1973. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Andrea Ferreol. SYNOPSIS: Four professional men retreat to a villa with the express aim of eating themselves to death… The elegiac chaos of La Grande Bouffe – literally the big eat – created something of a storm […]
