Nanni Moretti

Lost in absurdity

In my previous life, before Ian, I often used to blog about my favorite filmmaker, Nanni Moretti. (You can click on the “Moretti” label at the bottom of this post to see all my previous entries on him). I own almost all his films, and still want to organize a Moretti film festival here in…

Moretti’s best (thus far)

I’ve received and watched Il Caimano, Moretti’s latest. Not his best work, but entertaining and thought-provoking. My favorite Nanni Moretti films, in this order:

1. Caro Diario — A classic. Shot in three “chapters,” this film is probably my all-time favorite…

Nanni Moretti on making films

“The hardest time for me is writing, the most tiring is when I shoot. When I finally get there, I feel free.”
Nanni Moretti

The Cayman

I am very excited as I’ve finally found a copy of Nanni Moretti’s latest film, Il Caimano, with English subtitles. (The last copy, at…

Translation

Will someone please translate these books? Thank you.

I hated, hated this movie

I hated the Italian film, Padre Padrone. I detested it. If only I could find all the copies of this miserable film and throw them into the depths of the Mariana Trench. I only watched it two nights ago because it was the first role for Moretti in a major film (1977). Maybe it was…

Grown up films

I came across a review of Nanni Moretti’s, Aprile, about an anxiety-plagued director who isn’t sure how, or even whether, to finish his films:

“…the self-doubting director in Aprile (played by Moretti himself) is so lazy (emphasis mine) and haphazard that the film is less a serious probing of the…