Film #167 of Make me watch your favourite.
Recommended by Alberto.

Without a doubt one of the most beautiful looking films of 2013. And one that proves that beauty does not only go skin deep, it goes a lot further if you allow it to.

Watching The Great Beauty was an overwhelming experience. It comes at you full force, bombarding you with sensory overloads, only to become silent and contemplative the next minute. It is whimsical, much like the city it so adores seems to be.

Amidst all this is our seemingly hautein tour guide, who is looking for something he cannot find. Pure, unfiltered beauty and a sense purpose. With misanthropic glee he dismantles fake people around him, all…

I'll write fuller thoughts elsewhere, but honestly, screw this indulgent, high-and-mighty POS, with its utterly empty style undone at every turn by how above it all Sorrentino wants everyone to know he is. Comparisons to Rossellini, Antonioni and Fellini seem to have the most superficial understanding of what those directors brought to their movies, as well as how invested they were in their work (even Antonioni), how willing they were to either implicate themselves in moral failure (Fellini) or to try and show, in vastly differing ways, how to find a new morality and existential position (Rossellini and Antonioni). Even Antonioni's ostensible remove serves to illustrate not the emptiness of the modern world but the inability of characters to recognize…

The Great Beauty is a gorgeous ode to the towering city of Rome, a love letter straight from the heart of Paolo Sorrentino, written through tears of joy that garnish the wet ink. The director composes a symphony of pure affection, full of memories that make and break a life lived in a city that continues to thrive on such gracious charm and illustrious history.

Life in Rome is seen through the eyes of writer Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) a one-off successful novelist who never fulfilled his potential, choosing instead to live a decadent lifestyle amongst the rich and famous, giving himself to a life of partying. Now at 65 he begins to see a different view from inside his…

"I was looking for the great beauty...but I never found it."

Rewatch Review: Arguably the most beautiful film I've ever experienced, and certainly the greatest Italian film, in my opinion, Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' is sexy and outrageous, thought-provoking and introspective, a jolting creation of wild parties and episodic tales throughout the life of one-time author and Italian socialite Jep Gambardella. His experiences are vast yet settled, a man who lives to dominate the social scene and enjoy the passions of life while taking time for moments of nostalgia and to dwell on the only true love of his life, with a recent development that finally leads him down a reflective, hopeful outlook on his future - his connection…

I'm not a misogynist, I'm a misanthrope.

Beauty kills.

Such is the case for an unfortunate tourist who, at the beginning of La Grande Bellezza, takes one sweeping look over the tops of Rome, only to keel over and die.

The shocking opener sets the tone for the rest of the grand, extravagant film, and this slight touch of absurdism squirts a little twist of Fellini on the tongue that hangs around for its two and a half hour runtime of debauchery, beauty, and immense human tragedy.

Le Grande Bellezza is as close as we are going to get to the masterpieces of old here in the year 2013/2014. I'm not under the impression that its an entirely perfect film,…

Winner of last year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Great Beauty (also known as La grande bellezza) is an intricate look into the lives of the riches in the beautiful city of Rome which, by focusing on an aging socialite, aims to portray the emptiness that abounds some of these people despite having almost everything that money can buy.

The Great Beauty tells the story of Jep Gambardella; a disillusioned man whose first & only novel, which he wrote in his youth, turned out to be such a huge success that he ultimately retired to a life of fame & success. But when an unexpected incident occurs near his 65th birthday, he takes a look back at his own…

I really loved this from beginning to end.  It truly breaks down a lifestyle that seems so inevitable for an artist and breaks it apart at the seems.  The recipe here is beautiful images and a empathetic character to create a philosophical art piece that doubles as a character study or a lifestyle study.

  It also feels weird critique’ing and reviewing a movie like this as I think it intentionally scoffs at some of the pretentious things that come with that process.  But it must be said, that I found this movie really enlightening, motivational and relatable.  

Jep is a character that I liked a lot.  It’s fitting it begins at his 65th birthday party, as that’s usually the…

This film is both terrifying and fascinating. I relate a lot to the main protagonist, from the way he thinks and by how he presents himself to others. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not, but the themes of this movie hit hard, especially with such a rich script. 

All the characters are greatly developed and all of their stories are extremely personal. They find comfort within each other, by talking about their successes and joking about their unhappiness. 

Their is a powerful quote in the beginning of the movie that greatly captures the whole theme of the movie.

Traveling is very useful: it makes your imagination work. Everything else is just disappointment and trouble. Our…