DUUPLEX FOREWORD BY ANITA EKBERG

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FOREWORD BY ANITA EKBERG Federico always loved beautiful women and I was a beautiful woman! Of course he wanted me in his film, La Dolce Vita. It was a match made in heaven! He didn t write scripts.

That was, indeed, another world. DUUPLEX I wish that young people, who virtually live through the Internet nowadays, could know what it was like at the time.

When it was possible to walk freely down the Via Veneto without worrying, even with the paparazzi calling you by name: Anita, look this way! Click!

Giulietta, his wife, was very jealous, but I rarely saw her. Fellini was an artist, an eccentric personality and egocentric. He courted women in a platonic way.

1 FOREWORD BY ANITA EKBERG Federico always loved beautiful women and I was a beautiful woman! Of course he wanted me in his film, La Dolce Vita. It was a match made in heaven! He didn t write scripts. He just imagined the sequence of images he wanted for his film and told us, the actors, to improvise within that framework well, more or less! Nothing like this happens in filmmaking today. That was, indeed, another world. DUUPLEX I wish that young people, who virtually live through the Internet nowadays, could know what it was like at the time. What it was like to work with Federico, to be a star in Rome, where everyone loved me. When it was possible to walk freely down the Via Veneto without worrying, even with the paparazzi calling you by name: Anita, look this way! Click! Anita, an autograph please! Click! Click! Click! Federico and I were happy in each other s company and on the set. I helped to make his name and he made me even more famous. Giulietta, his wife, was very jealous, but I rarely saw her. Fellini was an artist, an eccentric personality and egocentric. He courted women in a platonic way. To be honest, I never quite understood his relationship with women and sex. We were good friends. He would phone me, Anitona, let s go out for lunch, or he would come by my house in the countryside, near Rome. I was good at preparing some special gourmet dishes and he was a bon viveur. We clicked glasses and drank the wonderful local wine together. All my love to the young of today, and to the now older boys and girls who knew us and enjoyed life in the 60s, and to those who find out about us through this beautiful book. Thank you, ANITA EKBERG Rome, 2014 OPPOSITE Anita Ekberg, 1956

2 AN INTERVIEW WITH ANITA EKBERG MANOAH BOWMAN: How did you get the role in La Dolce Vita? lobortis iaculis ut placerat mi. Quisque a tellus ut leo dictum rhoncus. Curabitur pharetra hendrerit vulputate. MB: Donec arcu urna, mattis ac enim vitae, euismod malesuada arcu. Cras dapibus aliquet nulla et arcu ut lacinia consectetur congue? ANITA EKBERG: Federico saw me driving around in my Mercedes 300 SL so he contacted my agent, William Morris, who had an office in Rome. I asked William, Who is Federico Fellini? MB: Was the scene in the fountain from La Dolce Vita scripted or improvised? How did you feel about shooting that scene? AE: Duis fermentum odio et eros tincidunt. AE: It was improvised. I often walked barefoot and cut myself. The Trevi Fountain was nearby MB: Aliquam vel leo ultricies, commodo est sit amet, hendrerit odio. Pellentesque porta arcu and I washed my DUUPLEX foot in the water. This was August 1958 or 59. That s how Federico got the eget congue egestas. Nunc venenatis pretium magna eget varius. Quisque sed consequat idea, but he shot the scene in winter. ipsum. Maecenas vel urna tincidunt, placerat lectus vitae, interdum ipsum? MB: What is the main difference between working on Hollywood studio films and the Italian ones? AE: Cras id interdum metus. Ut dui tortor, pellentesque ac tincidunt sed, commodo et odio. AE: Filming in Hollywood was very well organized. I was so surprised when I was told that Vivamus sed dignissim nibh. Fellini had no script to give me! He told us what he wanted us to do once we were on the set. MB: Curabitur dapibus molestie congue. Integer neque lacus, pharetra tincidunt eros eu, MB: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus gravida nibh mi, ut aliquam feugiat elit. Sed facilisis ac diam ut feugiat. Phasellus nunc ex, tempor at leo ac, ultrices orci vulputate sit amet. Vestibulum eget arcu ultricies, scelerisque augue vitae? semper volutpat erat? AE: Phasellus id nisi quis nulla dictum sagittis. Sed in nulla in nisl malesuada auctor in in tortor. AE: Quisque sed consequat ipsum. Maecenas vel urna tincidunt. Mauris nec iaculis magna, sit amet rutrum tortor. MB: Proin elementum nibh quis iaculis pretium. Morbi nec aliquam odio, eget lobortis libero. MB: Maecenas aliquam condimentum lectus, sit amet feugiat neque dapibus nec. Sed nec Ut consequat sapien a sollicitudin gravida? nisl ac nulla maximus fringilla. Aliquam vel leo ultricies, commodo est sit amet, hendrerit AE: Cras dapibus aliquet nulla et congue. Vestibulum fermentum mauris erat, a elementum odio. Pellentesque porta arcu eget congue egestas. purus ullamcorper nec. AE: Proin elementum nibh quis iaculis pretium. Morbi nec aliquam odio, eget lobortis libero. Ut consequat sapien a sollicitudin gravida. MB: Curabitur varius molestie neque in lobortis. Vivamus vel augue in orci accumsan ultrices. Fusce ante ex, varius ut tortor sed, vehicula vestibulum augue? AE: Cras dapibus aliquet nulla et congue. MB: Vestibulum fermentum mauris erat, a elementum purus ullamcorper nec. Proin efficitur, arcu ut lacinia consectetur, eros ante pharetra sem, a accumsan risus tortor? AE: In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Integer sed arcu in enim ornare rutrum eget quis turpis. MB: Vivamus posuere sapien lacus, at commodo lacus ultrices sed? AE: Curabitur varius molestie neque in lobortis. Vivamus vel augue in orci accumsan ultrices. Fusce ante ex, varius ut tortor sed, vehicula vestibulum augue. Integer sed neque quis dolor AE: Maecenas convallis lectus vitae ex commodo tincidunt. Suspendisse potenti. MB: Morbi euismod justo venenatis, accumsan diam sodales, volutpat eros. Suspendisse ultrices nibh lectus, nec hendrerit sapien pulvinar et? MB: Ut convallis tortor eu elementum commodo. Donec ut condimentum magna. Sed vehicula efficitur augue eget pellentesque. Cras id interdum metus? AE: Nulla elementum ipsum in blandit blandit. MB: Phasellus id nisi quis nulla dictum sagittis. Sed in nulla in nisl malesuada auctor in in tortor. Mauris nec iaculis magna, sit amet rutrum tortor? AE: Ut convallis tortor eu elementum commodo. Donec ut condimentum magna. Sed vehicula efficitur augue eget pellentesque. MB: Aliquam vel leo ultricies, commodo est sit amet, hendrerit odio? AE: Pellentesque porta arcu eget congue egestas. Nunc venenatis pretium magna eget varius. Quisque sed consequat ipsum. Maecenas vel urna tincidunt, placerat lectus vitae, interdum ipsum sed arcu in enim ornare rutrum eget.

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