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Blcak and white: Italy fetes half century of Fellini's Dolce Vita
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-11-19 10:49

Blcak and white: Italy fetes half century of Fellini's Dolce Vita
The late Italian film director Federico Fellini (L) and Anita Ekberg, one of the stars of the epic film "La Dolce Vita," are seen during a publicity tour in 1960. Fellini's classic film "La Dolce Vita" is approaching the half-century mark and the director's hometown is pulling out the stops to give it a Felliniesque two-year-long international birthday bash.[Agencies] 

 

Fellini based the role of Paparazzo on the real-life antics of Tazio Secchiaroli, a legendary photographer who died in 1998.

Various explanations for why Fellini chose the surname Paparazzo exist. One is because its last syllable -- azzo -- rhymes with "cazzo", the vulgar Italian slang word for penis.

When the film came out, the Vatican said it should be re-titled "The Disgusting Life" and an irate elderly woman even grabbed Fellini in Rome and told him to "tie a stone around your neck and drown in the deepest sea".

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