So I saw 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita this week and also La Strada months before. I noticed that the main protagonist in all of them were these perverts who treat women like objects rather than people.
Zampano in La Strada abandoned Gelsomina at moments so he could hang out with women he met at the bar. Although here Gelsomina is really the hero while Zampano is the villain, but compared to Marcello's two characters, Zampano is way nicer.
In La Dolce Vita, Marcello seems to not care for his fiance very much and instead hangs out with a Swedish actress, Maddelina, and Nico(without Velvet Underground but going to all tomarrow's parties).
Then in 8 1/2, Marcello as a different guy named Guido seems bored of his wife and reminisces of past women.
La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 feel like companion pieces as their atmospheres are equal, there are similar themes, and also the same guy playing the protagonist who in turn acts the same.
Now I must see Nights of Cabiria, Satyricon, Roma, and Amarcord.
Zampano in La Strada abandoned Gelsomina at moments so he could hang out with women he met at the bar. Although here Gelsomina is really the hero while Zampano is the villain, but compared to Marcello's two characters, Zampano is way nicer.
In La Dolce Vita, Marcello seems to not care for his fiance very much and instead hangs out with a Swedish actress, Maddelina, and Nico(without Velvet Underground but going to all tomarrow's parties).
Then in 8 1/2, Marcello as a different guy named Guido seems bored of his wife and reminisces of past women.
La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 feel like companion pieces as their atmospheres are equal, there are similar themes, and also the same guy playing the protagonist who in turn acts the same.
Now I must see Nights of Cabiria, Satyricon, Roma, and Amarcord.