
The Great Beauty
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
2013 | Italy
Screening | Friday, December 13, 2013, 7pm |
Matinee | Saturday, December 14, 2013, 3pm |
Screening | Saturday, December 14, 2013, 7pm |
“Never have cynicism
and disillusion seemed more intoxicating than in The Great Beauty, which is such an overwhelming
visual and auditory experience that its elements of cautionary moral fable
threaten to get lost amid the gorgeousness. Not that I’m complaining. Although
he remains almost unknown in the States, Sorrentino is one of Europe’s most
important filmmakers, and consistently seeks to push the traditions of classic
art cinema toward a framing, a pace and a sensibility that can capture
21st-century viewers. Drawing at once on music video, reality TV, art history,
Proust’s Remembrance of Things
Past and Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, The Great Beauty is an ironic and passionate near-masterwork,
like a nine-course dessert that makes you entirely forget the meal.” Andrew
O’Hehir, Salon.
Nominated Palme d’Or, Cannes Film
Festival, 2013