ITAL 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: The Young Pope, Via Veneto, Paparazzi
25 May 2018
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ITAL152 Lecture #16 - La Dolce Vita and The Young Pope Episode 1
Lecture - La Dolce Vita Part 2
●The Economic Miracle (1950s - 1960s)
○1960: Shows the great changes of Rome and Italy as a whole
○Postwar reconstruction is OVER
○This is a period in which Italy is quickly becoming an industrialized nation
■Becoming a brand for glamour, stylishness, and part of the legacy is still
there today
○Shows how the Italian film industry is booming
■Has the biggest export market in Europe
●Becoming internationally popular
■The critics for the big newspapers were huge fans
●Hollywood on the Tiber
○All of the most famous stars went to Italy to make films
○Cinecitta
■Cheaper in Italy
■All of the celebrities are there
●Media attention
●Cluster of creativity
○La Dolce Vita = term that describes the new feeling in Italy
○Rome has become the center of the world
■All roads lead to Rome
○If you are part of the international jetset, you want to be seen in Rome during
this time
●Via Veneto (Rome)
○Main hub where the paparazzi would go
○La Dolce Vita popularized the term paparazzi
○Film about the city of Rome but different than the war films
○The city changed a lot since 1945 (Rome Open City)
■Looks very different compared to how it appeared in the Neorealist films
○Film about the socio-economic transformation and the spiritual transformation
■The director, Fellini, was interested in the spiritual transformation
○The film looks at the facade
■Moral crisis rather than economic one
●Italian critic describes this
○“It would be hard to imagine a world more completely arid.”
○Servile
●Slave to their bosses
●The film itself is about
Document Summary
Ital152 lecture #16 - la dolce vita and the young pope episode 1. 1960 : shows the great changes of rome and italy as a whole. This is a period in which italy is quickly becoming an industrialized nation. Becoming a brand for glamour, stylishness, and part of the legacy is still there today. Shows how the italian film industry is booming. Has the biggest export market in europe. The critics for the big newspapers were huge fans. All of the most famous stars went to italy to make films. La dolce vita = term that describes the new feeling in italy. Rome has become the center of the world. If you are part of the international jetset, you want to be seen in rome during this time. Main hub where the paparazzi would go. La dolce vita popularized the term paparazzi. Film about the city of rome but different than the war films.
