Sorrentino hopes new movie will make Oscar shortlist

2013/11/15 03:38:42 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Italian director Paolo Sorrentino was in Hollywood this month to promote his latest movie, which he is hoping will make it on to the foreign film Oscar nominees & #039; shortlist. In an interview with AFP ahead of the Friday US release of & quot;The Great Beauty, & quot; he told how its setting in Rome gave him a particular challenge -- forgetting how masters such as Fellini captured the Eternal City before him. & quot;The Great Beauty & quot; evokes the decline of one side of Italy through the eyes of a cynical journalist played by Sorrentino & #039;s favorite actor Toni Servillo. Sorrentino, from Napoli, said the Italian capital was the obvious choice to set his latest project -- but acknowledged the shadow of all the greats led by Fellini who have brought Rome to the big screen.
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