What's he doing?
He's Making a Chicken!

I liked La Dolce Vita, and have thought a lot about it beginning with what the heck does it mean? No plot, but a character-driven movie -- with many staircases, people who can't hear each other, bad parties and dawns -- which is almost 45 years old. I decided that the feeling one gets from the film must be the important thing Fellini wanted to express, and I get the feeling that the man is unable to find meaning in art, religion, and family life. He's clearer about what he lacks when he sees what looks desirable -- but his desires are more a temporary reflection of, or reaction to, whatever is around him than permanent needs. Like Marilee's van, which looks green when it's next to something blue, but looks blue when it's near something green. So he's unable to settle -- he thinks too much and can't make up his mind. If you pick one thing you can't have the other. I wondered about Emma, the fiancee, who just seems a nutball at the start of this millenium, but whose moaning and wailing might've been seen differently at the time. She says, "Most men are happy to have the love of a woman. But not you -- you are still chasing after other women." [well, something like that] He's not the only man who likes to keep chasing women -- but he's different in not making a commitment to family life then hiding the fact that he is pursuing other women. So -- I guess you have to commit whole-heartedly to something or life is just an endless series of bad parties.

I'm watching Star Wars Part I now, which is just dreadful.