Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentinois an Italian film director and screenwriter...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 May 1970
CountryItaly
lived love since
Rome is a city I love very much. I have lived there since I was a child.
learned movies people
I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.
compelling future moment past people present suffering time
What I find compelling is the moment in which people realize, with suffering and pain, that in the past there was a time when they were happy, because back then the present and the future coincided - they were one and the same thing.
alone human
What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
beauty harder people quite
Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover.
corner minimalist music reminder sacred
Rome is a city where in every corner you have a reminder of the sacred world. That's why I have sacred music, minimalist sacred music, which is also music I like, because at the end of the day, that's what I want to do.
serious-person serious use
I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.
watches watch-movie
I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.
rome sublime shifting
There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
ideas way location
The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.
thinking preparation finals
The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.
mind shapes next
I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
people world wasting-time
Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.
say-anything actors scared
I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.