Sunday, March 13, 2011
OUT OF THE CAGE
Today's film was Luca Guadagnino's
Lo Sono L'amore / I Am Love (2010)
with Tilda Swinton and a wonderful Italian cast which includes Marisa Berenson.
This owes a lot to Viscont's The Leopard, much beloved. There is even a character whose first name is Tancredi.
I super rich Italian family folds into itself closely but change is in the air, not the least of which is that the Grandfather is passing the ownership of the company to the son and also the grandson. A surprise.
From there things devolve.
Swinton is the Russian born wife of the father and mother of the grandson.
It comes about that she falls in love with the Grandson's best friend.
An affair ensues.
Trouble comes visiting.
This is a simple story wonderfully told. The photography and the editing/direction are exciting. The score is by John Adams. Strikingly modern!
Talk about change.
This is a great movie. It is worth seeing over and over and I will.
I will give it a 5 out of Netflix5.
I could do a separate writeup for Tilda Swinton who learned Russian accented Italian to play this role. She is nothing if not a complete prep artist.
The results show. She is always different. A mega star who keeps topping herself.
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