La Dolce Vita is a movie that follows Marcello, a gossip rag writer who lives a fast-paced life off Via Venito in Rome. He has a pretty girlfriend, interesting friends, access to beautiful women, a decent job, and a dream of being a respected writer. โNow thatโs the lifestyle I wouldnโt mind living,โ I thought, halfway through the movie. But things werenโt so great beneath the surface. His relationship with his smothering girlfriend was draining him, most of his friends were vapid parasites, the beautiful women had nothing to offer him but their beauty, and his job was wholly unfulfilling. And when his most respected friendโthe only person who was in the position to help himโcommitted suicide, Marcello simply gave up and became the type of upper-class garbage that he wrote...
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Apr 25th 2019