The Great Beauty
Films that shaped it
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Of course, Roma and La dolce vita are works that you cannot pretend to ignore when you take on a film like the one I wanted to make. They are two masterpieces... So I can't deny that those films are indelibly stamped on me and may have guided my film.
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Visconti’s work, and especially ‘The Leopard,’ has a way of portraying the passing of time and the melancholy of fading beauty that I find incredibly inspiring for my own films.
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I'm not doing a Fellini remake, but I feel very close to him. He's one of my favourite directors... And yes, La Dolce Vita and Roma are films that I love very much. So it is not a surprise that there is something similar in my films.
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I love Fellini, particularly the Fellini of 'Amarcord.' I think that 'Amarcord' is a masterpiece about the past, and my films, especially 'The Great Beauty,' are also a reflection on the past, on memory, on what remains.
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Paolo Sorrentino... said Rosi was 'a maestro who taught us how to stage political cinema. He's probably the most imitated Italian director by those of us who have tried to make his kind of cinema. I often saw 'Cadaveri eccellenti' to try to understand how one does that type of film. It was the best example of a political thriller ever made, for its capacity to combine genre and an author's vision. And also for the performance of Lino Ventura.'
Films it shaped
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Roma Atlas note
I revisited a lot of Mexican films, particularly from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, like Buñuel’s Los Olvidados to kind of remember the texture and the sounds of Mexico City.