The Great Beauty
Ramona: «Why didn't you write a book again?»
Jep: «Cause I went out too often.»
What:
The Great Beaty (La Grande Bellezza)
Who:
Paolo Sorrentino (D&S), Umberto Contarello (S)
With:
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli
When:
2014
Where:
Italy
How:
Characters, Cinematography, Colour, Live action, Script, Slow, Soundtrack, Language (Italian)
Why:
How do the upper class of Rome lives today? How much emptiness is hidden behind fun and sex of their parties? How many lies are hidden behind their words? How much poverty is hidden behind their lifestyles? How much loneliness is hidden inside them?
What contrasts the present corruption and the past glory and greatness of Rome? Does any parallelism between the City and its citizens exist?
What contrasts youth and oldness? Hope for the future and regret for the past? Pure feelings and lies?
What contrasts the Intellectual Class and people of Culture?
What contrasts a powerful cardinal and a poor ad old nun? What differentiates the rich and the poor Church?
Should we waste our lifes doing something we don't feel like doing? Are we doing it? Are we forgetting something about our lives and our priority?
Is being the king of nightlife in Rome enough to be happy? Is a one night-stand with a beautiful woman better than a night without sex but with affection? Can a glass of wine in a restaurant with your partner or a hot soup with a real friend be enough for happiness?
What is the Great Beauty of your life?
Extra:
The most founded negative criticism about it was that "you didn't watch Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty", but your own "The Great Beauty", cause everybody can find different answers to different questions in this movie. And for me this criticism is also the most positive one.