Wednesday, February 25
La Dolce Vita

Film starts at 7:00 pm; Doors open 6:00 pm

46 Chambers Street, Newburgh, NY 

$5 admission plus annual membership fee*

Free popcorn + drinks available to purchase

Cinema Club film programmer Kent Peterson selected a movie that will warm us up in this freezing winter by bringing some Roman sun and fun with Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The screening is hosted by Paulien Lethen.

La Dolce Vita, Italian for "the sweet life" is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a tabloid journalist who, over seven days and nights, journeys through the "sweet life" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. His job is to try to catch celebrities in compromising or embarrassing situations. He tends to get quite close to his subjects--especially when they're beautiful women. Two such subjects are local heiress Maddalena (Anouk Aimee), and Swedish superstar-actress Sylvia (Anita Ekberg), with both of whom he has affairs despite being engaged to Emma (Yvonne Furneaux), a clingy, insecure, nagging, melodramatic woman. Despite his extravagant, pleasure-filled lifestyle, he is wondering if maybe a simpler life wouldn't be better

Released in Italy on 5 February 1960, La Dolce Vita was both a critical success and worldwide commercial hit, despite censorship in some regions. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Costumes. It was nominated for three more Oscars, including Best Director for Federico Fellini, and Best Original Screenplay. Its success proved a watershed moment for Italian cinema and European cinema-at-large, and it has come to be regarded as a masterpiece of Italian cinema, as well as one of the greatest films ever made.

*Cinema Club membership is open to anyone for a $10 annual fee. Membership cards will be available at the door, and visitors will be asked to show their cards at future events. Cinema Club films are an additional $5.