La Dolce Vita star Anita Ekberg dies

[aaronvan]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30767431

Considering that La Dolce Vita gave rise to the term paparazzo, it was ironic that the movie resulted in Ekberg being hounded by the press herself.

Well, here is another R.I.P. thread. Film buffs should appreciate it, thought.

The moment where she wades through Rome's Trevi Fountain in a strapless dress is considered one of cinema's most iconic scenes.

First Rod Taylor, then Anita Ekberg. A lot of film history has passed the past few days.

...director Federico Fellini, who cast her in La Dolce Vita as Sylvia Rank - "the most wonderful woman created since the beginning of time" - an actress pursued by news photographers.

The famous scene in the Trevi Fountain saw Ekberg and her co-star Marcello Mastroianni wading through the chilled waters in sensual abandon.

A true cinema classic. Fellini isn't for everyone, though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7925032.stm

 

[Mr. McMac]

Sad news indeed. I had no idea Rod Taylor died. Just the other day I watched The Time Machine on DVD

 

[Weaselboy]

La Dolce Vita

Great actress and one of my favorite movies. I have the DVD and pull it out to watch every couple years or so.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Sad news indeed. I had no idea Rod Taylor died. Just the other day I watched The Time Machine on DVD

Neither had I. Indeed, it was only on reading this thread that I realised that Rod Taylor had died - as a child I loved the TV series 'Bearcats' and was surprised that it only lasted one season.

Re Anita Ekberg, well, La Dolce Vita is one of cinema's classics, and a defining film of the 1950s.

 

[kazmac]

R.I.P. Ms. Ekberg.

I am a post Fellini Italian cinema fan but I can and do appreciate La Dolce Vita.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ah, well, I even ordered the soundtrack of La Dolce Vita a few years ago……..on a CD and played it for my mother, who loved it and said it brought back memories.

 

[Weaselboy]

Ah, well, I even ordered the soundtrack of La Dolce Vita a few years ago……..on a CD and played it for my mother, who loved it and said it brought back memories.

I just noticed Amazon has the movie on Blu-Ray. Looks like a nicely restored version that was released in October 2014. Ordered.