I’ve been told that you need to watch the adjacent Fellini films – The Nights of Cabiria and 8½ – to truly appreciate it, but I didn’t have a problem with the loose narrative of La Dolce Vita. In fact, the plot, seemingly unconnected at times, is essential to the themes that Fellini wishes to address. “Rome: a tranquil jungle where you can hide.”– Marcello Rubini Uttered by at the opening of the film by Marcello, a tabloid journalist, these words endeavour to explain the motivation of the protagonist Marcello and the director Frederico Fellini throughout La Dolce Vita. Marcello …