La Grande Bellezza · Pantalla Pavelló 2018
La Grande Bellezza (IT, 2013, 142’). A film by Paolo Sorrentino, presented by Celia Marín, Architect and PhD on History by UPF.
The baroque and decadent Rome with its palaces, the Fontana dell’Acqua Paola del Gianicolo, the Giardino degli Aranci, the Piazza Navona, the upper bourgeoisie penthouses, the ruins of the Parco degli Acquedotti. All the visual references are immense, there is no sculpture, monument, fountain or square that has not marked a milestone in the history of the arts. We discover new scenes of Rome that show it neat and tidy, while the disorder and decadence are only found in the relationships of the protagonists: envy and contempt, suffering, ridicule and pride, a society that flaunts and hides fragility and lies, banalities.
“Quando sono arrivato a Roma, a 26 anni, sono precipitato abbastanza presto, quasi senza rendermene conto, in quello che potrebbe essere definito “il vortice della mondanità”.
Ma io non volevo essere semplicemente un mondano. Volevo diventare il re dei mondani, e ci sono riuscito. Io non volevo solo partecipare alle feste. Volevo avere il potere di farle fallire.”
“Jep”, La Grande Bellezza
Date
09-07-2018 21:30h
Organised with
Fundació Mies van der Rohe
With the collaboration of:
Place
Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
Notes
Curated by: Daniele Porretta
Architect, PhD on Theory and History of Architecture by ETSAB, professor at ELISAVA, Barcelona.
Presentation La Grande Bellezza: Celia Marín
Architect, PhD on History by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and associated professor at ETSAB-UPC.
Not recommended under 12 years old. Original Version with Spanish Subtitles.
With the presence of:
30/07/2018
Sacro GRA (IT, 2013, 93’), Gianfranco Rosi
03/09/2018
Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot (IT, 2016, 112’), Gabriele Mainetti