Becoming Anita Ekberg

Anita Ekberg became an international symbol of lush beauty and unbridled sensuality in the 1960 Federico Fellini film "L... (more)

Anita Ekberg became an international symbol of lush beauty and unbridled sensuality in the 1960 Federico Fellini film "La Dolce Vita." Fellini cast Ms. Ekberg as a hedonistic American actress visiting Rome. A single moonlit scene - in which she wades into the Trevi Fountain in a strapless evening gown, turns her face ecstatically to the fountain's waterfall and seductively calls Marcello Mastroianni's character, a jaded journalist, to join her - established her place in cinema history.. BECOMING ANITA EKBERG is an exploration of how Anita Ekberg became an internationally famous actress and sex goddess as a result of the careful cultivation of her image in various movies, both in Hollywood, by Frank Tashlin, and in Europe, by Fellini. (less)