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Dolce Vita Confidential

Dolce Vita Confidential

Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life Of 1950s

by Shawn Levy
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 01/11/2016

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From the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made "Italian" a global synonym for taste, style, and flair. A confluence of cultural contributions created a bright, burning moment in history: it was the heyday of fashion icons such as Pucci and Brioni. Rome's huge movie studio, Cinecitta, attracted a dizzying array of stars, from Charleton Heston, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Frank Sinatra to that stunning and combustible couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Fashionistas, exiles, moguls, and martyrs flocked to Rome hoping for a chance to experience and indulge in the glow of old money, new stars, fast cars, wanton libidos, and brazen news photographers. The scene was captured nowhere better than in Federico Fellini's masterpiece, La Dolce Vita, starring Marcello Mastroianni and the Swedish bombshell Anita Ekberg. Gossipy, colorful, and richly informed, Dolce Vita Confidential re-creates Rome's stunning ascent with vivid and compelling tales of its glitterati and artists, down to every last outrageous detail of the city's magnificent transformation.
ISBN:
9781515913399
9781515913399
Category:
Uncategorized
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
01-11-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
137x163x27mm
Weight:
0.3kg
Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy is a former film critic for The Oregonian newspaper and the bestselling author of Rat Pack Confidential and Paul Newman: A Life.

His work has appeared in major publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Independent and Sight and Sound. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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