Reactions ‘Considerably Varied’
On Showing of ‘La Dolce Vita’ Film
By Rev. Don Bullock
Reactions, to say the least, have
been considerably varied follow
ing the showing of the 1960
Cannes prize^winning film, “La
Dolce Vita’’ by the Lyceum group
last Friday night.
Some declared it was nothing
but a dirty, filthy movie full of
smut, while others saw in the
story a powe'rful message for ev
eryone.
“The Sweet Life” probably ap
peared to those unfamiliar with
the foreign use of symbolism in
its film portrayals, as a long case
book about human vice, which did
not leave much to the imagina
tion.
On the other hand one mu9t
point out the deep and authentic
religious dimension in Federico
Fellinis film. With daring origi
nality he forcefully poses the ques
tion: what does it mean to be hu
man?
Fellini then chooses the contem
porary decadent society circles in
Rome with which to mold his theme
of man’s fallen nature in the eyes
of a loving God.
As one church magazine review
of “La Dolce Vita” noted: “It is
highly moral in its cataloging of
immoralities; it reveals and probes
the hideous charade of gaiety with
out life; it examines and criticizes
‘the sweet life’ when material
plenty and the freedom to seek
personal happiness have soured in
the decadence of a perpetual orgy
of self-seeking without love.”
From the very opening scene to
the very last there is always the
choice to accept Jesus Christ, Lord
over all, or to fall prey to the
earthly Gods of sex, wealth, intel
lectualism and man, just to name
a few.
At the sitart of the film and at
the end, there is vividly portrayed
the Kingship of Christ over all men,
but in the episodes which unfold,
we see the fruitless pursuit of oth
er deities. Passion consumes ev
erything that stands in its way, un
til only passion remains, utterly
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unappeased.
We see every physical impulse
or taste supposedly fully satisfied,
only to see that there was no ex
perience of joy. The intellectual
approach to life, also brings no
experience of joy.
“The sweet life” shows no re
gard for a person as a person. We
see people used as things or func
tions. Marcello uses others and is
used by others to try to satisfy an
intolerable longing for fulfillment
as a human being. But the ap
proaches used bring only a strange
sense of unfulfilled function.
Three scenes possibly reveal the
trend of one’s life in the eyes of
God. In the first scene the statue
of Christ is carried across the
Eternal City of Rome by helicop
ter, the shadow of Jesus passing
over all of Rome—slums, market
places, swish apartment houses,
churches. It forcefully shows
Christ Lord over all. He died not
just for Christians, but for every
one in God’s world.
There is another scene in which
Marcello meets a messenger of God
—the pretty girl waitress at a
beachside cafe. He has gone to the
beach to escape from his old life
of evil. He is trying to make a
new start, and for the first time,
in his conversation with the young
girl, whom he describes, "as pret
ty as an angel,’ there is no hint of
lust and passion. He wants to be
gin a new life. The meeting is brief
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C.G. Proposes
To Replace Buoy
With Flash Light
The Coast Guard is soliciting
comments on a proposal to replace
Koniuji Island Buoy One with a
flashing white light visible eight
miles with the lights to be located
about 300 yards south of the pres
ent buoy which would be discon
tinued.
Comments on the proposal
should be forwarded to the Com
mander 17th Coast Guard District,
P.O. Box 2631, Juneau, prior to
Dec. 15th.
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