Brunello Rondi to work with Federico Fellini as artistic director on "La Strada" (1954) and "Nights of Cabiria" (1957). His most prized collaborations were on the film scripts of "La Dolce Vita" (1960), "8½" (1963), "Juliet of the Spirits" (1964), "Orchestra Rehearsal" (1978), and "City of Women" (1980), all co-written and directed by Fellini. On the writing of "La Dolce Vita", Rondi helped build up the character of Steiner, the intellectual who kills his wife and children. As a Fellini intimate, Rondi also played a crucial role in the early stages of "8½". In a letter dated October 1960, Fellini outlined his
La Vita Nuova Hotel", the protagonist is reading "The New Life" on a train. This reference symbolizes Lisa's desire for enlightenment at the time of her journey. A modified version of the opening line of the work's Introduction was used on the television show "" in the episode "Latent Image" (1999). The is concerned with a moral situation and Captain Janeway reads this book and leaves the Doctor to discover the poem. In the film "Hannibal", Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Inspector Pazzi see an outdoor opera in Florence based on Dante's "La Vita Nuova", called "Vide Cor Meum". This was specially composed for