ITAL 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Airline Hub, Tiber, Paparazzi
25 May 2018
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ITAL152 Lecture #15 - La Dolce Vita
Movie Viewing - La Dolce Vita
●Takes place in the 1960s
●Released in 1960
●Directly translates as “The Sweet Life”
●Plot Highlights
○Marcello and Maddalena pick up a random girl and take her home
○Marcello meets Sylvia at the airport as she snuck off of the airplane
○Her drunk boyfriend calls her a tramp in the dance club
○Sylvia storms off and leaves the dance club with Marcello
○Sylvia howls back at the wolves
○Sylvia goes into the fountain
○Mr. Robert slaps Marcello
○Marcello’s father feels sick
○Nicolina and Marcello go to her boyfriend’s party at his castle
○Maddalena asks Marcello to marry her and confesses her love for him
●Characters
○Marcello Rubini
■Main character
■Rich man
■Reporter
■Interested in journalism and literature
■Cheats on Emma often
■Writes Fascist papers
○Emma
■Marcello’s girlfriend
■Poisoned herself
○Lucy
■Girl on rooftop
○Maddalena
■Rich girl
■Drives around with Marcello
○Luciana
■Maddalena’s friend
○Annamaria
■Girl that brought Marcello and Maddalena back to her house
○Sylvia
■Swedish
■Famous actress
■Dances with Marcello
○Fanny
○Toto Scalis
■Producer
○Franky Stout
■Famous Actor
■Making a movie in Rome
○Sergio
○Sergio’s Mother
■Marcello calls and talks to her about a job
○Mr. Robert
■Acted in Tarzan
■Sylvia’s boyfriend
○Aloisio
■Dies
■Has a funeral that Emma and Marcello attend
○Steiner
■Played the organ in the church
■Marcello and Emma go to his house for a party
○Steiner’s wife
■Marcello and Emma go to her house for a party
○Leonida
■Speaks about the idea of the Orient and Oriental woman at Steiner’s
house party
■Older gentleman
■Wrote dozens of important books
■Maintained his childish candor
○Paola
■From Umbria (Near Perugia)
■Marcello flirts with her while she is working at the restaurant
○Marcello’s father
■Meets up with Marcello at a restaurant
■Hasn’t seen him in a long time
○?
■Photo reporter
■The person who told Marcello’s father to wait at the place he did for
Marcello
○Nicolina
■Model
Document Summary
Marcello and maddalena pick up a random girl and take her home. Marcello meets sylvia at the airport as she snuck off of the airplane. Her drunk boyfriend calls her a tramp in the dance club. Sylvia storms off and leaves the dance club with marcello. Nicolina and marcello go to her boyfriend"s party at his castle. Maddalena asks marcello to marry her and confesses her love for him. Girl that brought marcello and maddalena back to her house. Marcello calls and talks to her about a job. Has a funeral that emma and marcello attend. Marcello and emma go to his house for a party. Marcello and emma go to her house for a party. Speaks about the idea of the orient and oriental woman at steiner"s house party. Marcello flirts with her while she is working at the restaurant. Meets up with marcello at a restaurant. Hasn"t seen him in a long time.
