Hasta La Motion!

Paolo Sorrentino received worldwide critical acclaim with his Oscar-winner film “The Great Beauty” and he’s now a fundamental director in the european scenario. He’s known especially for his aesthetic taste (composed of long and beautifully composed shots), his persistent collaboration with actor Toni Servillo and the original combination between music and images in his features (combining classical compositions and mainstream electro-dance songs in the same film). Another of his stylistic trademarks is the loneliness of his characters: from Le conseguenze dell’amore to The Family Friend, from Il Divo to The Great Beauty, from Youth to The Young Pope, all of his protagonists are lonely people who fight their condition searching for some inner peace and meaning in their lives. This condition is reflected in the pace of the editing and in the visuals: in this essay I have collected some examples from his most recent features which clearly show this aspect.