Rating of
2/4
Less with the Dolce, more with the Vita
SIngli6 - wrote on 04/05/11
While the film is aesthetically pleasing, it is also meaningless in its excessiveness and utterly clueless of its stance on the lifestyle it dissects, making it a thematically anemic work. It is the filmic equivalent of a metrosexual male, or voluptuous female. at a party who pretends to be of a more learned disposition to impress others, all the while remaining blissfully ignorant of the sharp looks of condescension that the more recondite attendees of the party give them. So many poseur filmmakers today try to flex their aesthetic muscles with Fellini-esque shots and sets that it is something of a shock to see Fellini himself, the grand Italian master of film, make such an artificial film as this. Perhaps had this been a product of another director I would look upon it more kindly, but that is the price of otherwise producing such great art; your lows stand out all the more.
