La Dolce Vita critic and co-founder of "Cahiers du cinéma", felt that "The New York Times" film critic Bosley Crowther praised Fellini’s Roger Ebert considered "La Dolce Vita" as Fellini’s best film, as well as his favorite film of all time and listed it consistently in his top ten films for the "Sight & Sound" Greatest Films poll every ten years. Ebert's first review for the film, written on October 4, 1961, was the first film review he wrote, before he started his career as a film critic in 1967. The film was also a touchstone for Ebert, in how his perspective of
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