La Dolce Vita

I somehow managed to not find the opening scene of La Dolce Vita clipped on YouTube (slap!) and instead used the Perroni Advert, which is a glossy tribute, as I was matching available clips to my fave films.

The Observer gave copies away on Sunday and as a teaser they found a lot more clips than me, including the stunning opening.



I've never seen a Fellini film I didn't like and could happily watch Marcello Mastroianni open an envelope but La Dolce Vita is a definitive classic:

• It gave birth to the term Paparazzi
• First appearance of Nico
• Huge influence on Lost in Translation and Pulp Fiction. Woody Allen's Celebrity copies the structure
• The opening scene of a Christ statue over Rome has been copied many times (see L.A. Story)
• It's in The Simpsons and Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders did an exquisite parody