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I suggest the films of Nanni Moretti and Paolo Sorrentino (mentioned in the article). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604335/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604335/ h
by personlurking 11y ago
I suggest the films of Nanni Moretti and Paolo Sorrentino (mentioned in the article).
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604335/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604335/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815204/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815204/
Io Sono Li is also a good, rather recent film. For documentaries, try Videocracy and Women Bodies (aka Il Corpo Delle Donne), the latter of which is on Youtube. BBC did a series called Italy Unpacked where two guys travel around Italy experiencing its cuisine. Italy, Love it or Leave it is on my list of documentaries to see but I have yet to find it available somewhere. As for TV, try Gomorra La Serie and/or Inspector Montalbano.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThe latest loud Sorrentino movie is quite awful. I don't know, maybe hardcore movie fans find something in it, but this demographic is thin these days. For me as a common viewer, every single Italian movie I've seen in the last years was much better. And I'm talking random stuff from festivals.
- simo7 11y agoTrue that, "La Grande Bellezza" was awful, yet it managed to win an oscar for what is worth.
- siscia 11y agoI loved "La Grande Bellezza", but I am italian...
- guard-of-terra 11y agoWhat for? I'm genuinely curious. The only thing that kept me wondering thru the film is - where do those people get that kind of money to make their life style possible? Now, if he made a film explaining THAT, I would be first to watch. Otherwise, characters are ageing impostors, but first of all boring.
- siscia 11y agoI can't really explain... I can try thought... It make a clear picture of the decay of Rome, it make you see what people thing, what are their values, why the behave the way the do... Everything is completely clear.
- jacobolus 11y agoI’m an American, and I very much enjoyed La Grande Bellezza. I thought it was a fascinating glimpse of a world I otherwise know nothing about. It was also a visually engaging movie with some gorgeous scenery and nice camera work.
- zz1 11y agoExcept that isn't Sorrentino's last film. And both Youth and La grande bellezza are beautiful movies.
- dgudkov 11y agoWhat's awful in "La Grande Bellezza"?
- DanBC 11y agoThe movie Gomorra is great, as is Il Divo. I'd be interested in a list of good Italian films since the year 2000. (That's just an arbitrary cut off.) Especially if they have ahem YIFY try before you buy samples.