Photography and Cinema

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theideainLa Dolce Vita( 1960 ).Famously,thefilmdescribesthenewly

emergingclassofphotographers(oneofwhomiscalledPaparazzo)

whomadetheirlivingtakingcandidshotsofcelebritiestoselltotrashy

magazines.InthesceneinwhichAnitaEkbergplaysamoviestarlet

arrivinginRometoshootafilm,themediagreetherasshedisembarks

fromtheplane.Butitisnotthepackofhungrypaparazzitowhichshe

givesherattention.Shesinglesoutthelensofthesolenewsmovie

cameraintheirmidst,givingitallherbestgestures.Thephotographers

arelefttograbwhattheycan,eventhoughtheirroleinthepublicity

gameissovital.

Felliniwasnotthefirsttodepicttherelationbetweenphotography

andcinemainthisway.WeseeitinWillConnell’sbookIn Pictures: A

Hollywood Satire( 1937 ).Inoneimageafilmcameramanisshotfrombelow

asatoweringcolossuscommandingallbeforehim.Bycontrast,the‘stills 15

6A'paparazzi'shotofactressAnitaEkberg
arrivinginRomefromhernativeSwedenin
1959fortheshootingofFedericoFellini's
LaDolceVita.


7 LaDolceVita(1960),publicitystillofthe
starletSylvia,playedbyAnitaEkberg,
arrivinginRomeforashoot.

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