From what I’ve learned so far about Frederico Fellini, His films tended to state a message or meaning in every scene he delivers in his films.La dolce vita represented what some might depict in their own way or through their own eyes as”the sweet life”. Marcello (a man whom fancies lots of women and does not believes in monogamy) seemed to me in some ways lost yet envious. Lost because he couldn’t write yet it was his occupation and envious because he admired the life of his mentor whom had wealth, family, happiness. Though I must say I have some…. no strike that various questions when it comes to this film such as, why the same paparazzi guys shared information with Marcello?, why were the people gathering for the Madonna Tree and if they worshiped it so much why did they knock it over?, why he rode the drunk female?, and What was he importance of them walking to the beach only to find what they referred to as a monster being pulled out of the water and the waitress mouthing words to Marcello.
Not quite sure what I feel about Fellini, as I am new to his film work, but I’m open to the idea of viewing more. Hopefully I begin to catch on to his symbolism and hidden connotations
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Taking the night to gather my thoughts on Fellini's black and white cinema, I still find myself colored stupid. It seems Fellini shows us how we are often lost and confused when it comes to what it is we want. The people want to worship the lord, cherish what they believe to be sacred. Fellini captures the confusion of this when the mob of poeple quickly distroy their beloved miracle tree in an attempt to have it for themselves. They are blinded by what they want and do not see the chaos they have caused. Marcello suffers from this same problem. He seems to want a stable family life, much like the one he is trying to recover with his father. In the castle scene Marcello declares his love to his long time mistress who is only a voice in the distance that soon becomes lost to Marcello. In a search for his love he ironically joins a group of drunkards chasing after ghosts. Caught up in the search he finds himself, as usual, with another woman who will satisfy him for the night. He too is lost in the confusion of what it is we really want. its odd that Marcello is often blinded by this night life of fame and fortune because he plays a large roll in the propigation of this life with his media newspaper. Its as if he is caught up in the sex and scandle lives he writes about. He writes about his own life through the tall sex tales of others. Its a vicious battle that climaxes when his mentor, a stable family man, distroys the family life that Marcello envies. All is lost at this point, and Marcello seems to be completely lost in the mad confusion of what he wants, a life of love or a life of sex.
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