After only watching the little bits and pieces of the film La Dolce Vita, I completely understand where the idea of the paparazzi comes into play. To actually be back in that time frame as a paparazzi photographer then would have definitely been a major challenge. The great lengths that they went to just trying to get the perfect kind of photo and having to fight the crowd of all the other photographers trying to do the exact same thing. I think that now a day we take our camera equipment for granted compared to what they had to deal with then of having much more to work with. They would have to change out their flash bulbs after every picture taken, compared to now that we have much better options available to us in that sense. With that being said not much else has changed very much when it comes to the paparazzi between then and now. They still have to fight around each other as well as they also are still just as vicious as ever to do what ever it may take to provoke who they are trying to photograph. This movie did seem very interesting to watch and actually see how life was lived in that era and that part of the world. According to Dear Cinema film and films festivals says this about the film "No serious film connoisseur can resist the seduction of La Dolce Vita (meaning, the sweet life). A scandalous box office hit in Italy and internationally as well as a huge critical success, La Dolce Vita remains one of the most influential films of all time, since its release in 1960. The film gave birth to the word paparazzi. Genius filmmaker (and my personal film god) Federico Fellini’s masterpiece is a caustic critique of modern Rome, but is pertinent to all modern society as to all modern society as well.” They also rate the film 5 stars.
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