Depending on your stage in life (or what sort of mood you’re in), La Dolce Vita is either joyous and celebratory or brutally disgusting. It celebrates life’s contrast, the swing from light to dark.

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There are people whose lives are infinitely interesting, but they’re so jaded everything seems to them the same. Bored of everything, escape is sought. In 8 1/2, Italian director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) is one of these people: surrounded by eccentric actors, actresses, and producers, he’s under constant pressure to direct his next film masterpiece, but his heart isn’t in it, and he wants out.

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