In search of lost beauty: Considering Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty Cover Image

W poszukiwaniu straconego piękna. O „Wielkim pięknie” Paola Sorrentina
In search of lost beauty: Considering Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty

Author(s): Maciej Franciszczak
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: The Great Beauty; identity crisis; Paolo Sorrentino;

Summary/Abstract: In this text I analyze Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza,2013) in relations to identity crisis being the film’s central theme. The subjectmatter is expressed through unity of opposites: the social relations betweenthe characters, the role of space, the meaning of death, the passage of timeand recalled memories, and the expression of the sacred.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 81-106
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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