the great beauty
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
The winner of Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes, Academy Awards and BAFTAs. My thoughts are divided by Paolo Sorrentino's ambitious masterpiece La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty). In terms of great filmmaking, The Great Beauty is masterful. The camerawork is stunning. Sorrentino sublimely captures the beauty of Rome. It feels very dreamlike. Toni Servillo gives a brilliant performance as Jep Gambardella, a wealthy 65-year-old who has lived in Rome for decades, going to parties and nightclubs. The film opens highly energetic, introducing Jep at his crazy 65th birthday party. The absurdity is what makes the best sequences so entertaining. Unfortunately, the messy storytelling and uneven pace overwhelm the film's greatness. There will definitely be people who will love this movie, I just wasn't one of them.
The winner of Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes, Academy Awards and BAFTAs. My thoughts are divided by Paolo Sorrentino's ambitious masterpiece La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty). In terms of great filmmaking, The Great Beauty is masterful. The camerawork is stunning. Sorrentino sublimely captures the beauty of Rome. It feels very dreamlike. Toni Servillo gives a brilliant performance as Jep Gambardella, a wealthy 65-year-old who has lived in Rome for decades, going to parties and nightclubs. The film opens highly energetic, introducing Jep at his crazy 65th birthday party. The absurdity is what makes the best sequences so entertaining. Unfortunately, the messy storytelling and uneven pace overwhelm the film's greatness. There will definitely be people who will love this movie, I just wasn't one of them.