In Venice, Italy, Guadagnino presents documentary film about Bertolucci
Italian director Luca Guadagnino presented the first part of the documentary film Joie de Vivre, dedicated to Bernardo Bertolucci, at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. According to the filmmaker, the seven-hour work was born from his love for the creator of the 20th-century films Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor.
A seven-hour work about Bertolucci
As ANSA English reports, the documentary consists of two parts. In Venice, the director presented the first part, which runs for three hours, while the second and final part is scheduled to be shown the following day.
Guadagnino described the film as a collection of notes, thoughts, words, reflections, faces and visions about Bertolucci and the cinephilia of the 20th century, which, according to him, no longer exists. The film begins with the director's personal connection to Bertolucci and his work, then moves on to conversations with the filmmaker's close collaborators and his most devoted admirers.
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According to Guadagnino, the filmmakers explore Bertolucci's legacy: how his films changed the very idea of cinema, as well as why some established critical interpretations proved to be short-sighted and misleading. Joie de Vivre was produced by Francesco Melzi d'Eril and Gabriele Moratti for MeMo Films, with Tenderstories serving as co-producer. Cinecittà Luce provided rights and materials from its film and audiovisual heritage.
Premiere of Artificial in New York
After Venice, Guadagnino will be a guest at the New York Film Festival, where the world premiere of his film Artificial will take place on October 5. The film is dedicated to an important moment in the career of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. The cast includes Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Ike Barinholtz, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman and Chris O'Dowd.
In June, Amazon MGM withdrew from the project during post-production, although the studio had been set to handle its worldwide distribution. A few weeks later, Neon acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Artificial; I Wonder Pictures will release the film in Italy. On the same day in Venice, Guadagnino received the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award.
